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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

131.0000 Family Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30483; hybrids: 1409
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam.: 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., ser. 4, sect. B Adansonia 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot.: 73 (1835)
131.6021 Genus Pleione D.Don; Prod. Fl. Nep. 36 (1825)
Distribution: S-Himalaya, S-China, India, Indochina, Taiwan
Species listed in database: 25; hybrids: 8
= Gomphostylis Wall. ex Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 43 (1830)
species :
Pleione albiflora P.J.Cribb & C.Z.Tang; Curtis, Bot. Mag., 184(3): 117 (1983)
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan); NE-Myanmar
36 CHI 41 MYA
species :
Pleione arunachalensis Hareesh, P.Kumar & M.Sabu; Phytotaxa 291(4): 294 (2017)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Pleione aurita P.J.Cribb & H.Pfennig; Orchidee (Hamburg) 39: 111 (1988)
Distribution: China (W-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Pleione autumnalis S.C.Chen & G.H.Zhu; Harvard Pap. Bot. 4(2): 429 (1999)
Distribution: China (SW-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Pleione bulbocodioides (Franch.) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 11: 291 (1903)
Distribution: China (Anhui, N-Fujian, S-Gansu, N-Guangdong, N-Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, C- & NW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet
36 CHI TIB
Synonyms: hidden
= Coelogyne bulbocodioides Franch.; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 10: 84 (1887 publ. 1888)
= Coelogyne delavayi Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 195 (1896)
= Coelogyne henryi Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 195 (1896)
= Coelogyne pogonioides Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 196 (1896)
= Pleione communis Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 25 (1931)
= Pleione communis var. subobtusum Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 25 (1931)
= Pleione delavayi (Rolfe) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 11: 291 (1903)
= Pleione fargesii Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 26 (1931)
= Pleione ganchuenensis Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 26 (1931)
= Pleione henryi (Rolfe) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 4: 186 (1919)
= Pleione mairei Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 4: 61 (1919)
= Pleione pogonioides (Rolfe) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 11: 291 (1903)
= Pleione rhombilabia Hand.-Mazz.; Symb. Sin. VII: 1348 (1936)
= Pleione smithii Schltr.; Act. Hort. Gothoburg. 1: 149 (1924)
species :
Pleione chunii C.L.Tso; Sunyatsenia 1: 148 (1933)
Distribution: China (N-Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, W-Yunnan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleione hookeriana var. milanii (Braem) Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 14: 73 (2000)
= Pleione hookeriana var. sinensis G.Kleinh. ex Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 14: 72 (2000)
= Pleione milanii Braem; Orchidees Cult. Protect. 38: 23 (1999)
species :
Pleione coronaria P.J.Cribb & C.Z.Tang; Curtis, Bot. Mag., 184(3): 123 (1983)
Distribution: Nepal
40 NEP
species :
Pleione dilamellata Z.J.Liu, O.Gruss & L.J.Chen; Orchidee (Hamburg) 66(4): 280 (2015), nom. nov.
Distribution: China (Sichuan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleione bilamellata Z.J.Liu, O.Gruss & L.J.Chen; Orchidee (Hamburg) 62(5): 372 (2011) non (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
species :
Pleione formosana Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 30: Art. 1, 326 (1911)
Distribution: China (N- & W-Fujian, SE-Jiangxi, S-Zhejiang); Taiwan
36 CHI 38 TAI
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleione bulbocodioides var. nivea (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying; Coll. Indig. Orch. Taiwan 1(2): 494 (1977)
= Pleione formosana f. alba Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 14: 55 (2000)
= Pleione formosana f. nivea Fukuy.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 22: 415 (1932)
= Pleione formosana var. nivea (Fukuy.) Masam.; Trop. Hort. 3: 48 (1933)
= Pleione hookeriana f. nivea (Fukuy.) M.Hiroe; Orchid Flowers: 274 (1971)
= Pleione hui Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 377 (1924)
= Pleione pricei Rolfe; Bot. Mag. t. 8729 (1917) [descr.]
species :
Pleione forrestii Schltr.; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 106 (1912)
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Chin, Kachin, Shan, Sagaing)
36 CHI 40 BAN 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleione alba H.Li & G.H.Feng; Acta Bot. Yunnanica 6(2): 193 (1984)
= Pleione forrestii f. alba (H.Li & G.H.Feng) Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 14: 60 (2000)
= Pleione forrestii var. alba (H.Li & G.H.Feng) P.J.Cribb; Gen. Pleione, ed. 2: 88 (1999)
species :
Pleione grandiflora (Rolfe) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 11: 291 (1903)
Distribution: China (SE- & SW-Yunnan); India (Uttarakhand); Myanmar; N-Vietnam
36 CHI 40 IND 41 MYA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Coelogyne grandiflora Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 22 (1903)
= Pleione barbarae Braem; Orchidees Cult. Protect. 38: 20 (1999) [fide Torelli 2000]
= Pleione braemii Pinkep.; Orchidees Cult. Protect. 38: 27 (1999) [fide Torelli 2000]
= Pleione harberdii Braem; Orchidees Cult. Protect. 38: 21 (1999) [fide Torelli 2000]
= Pleione moelleri Braem; Orchidees Cult. Protect. 38: 23 (1999) [fide Torelli 2000]
= Pleione mohrii Braem; Orchidees Cult. Protect. 38: 21 (1999) [fide Torelli 2000]
= Pleione pinkepankii Braem & H.Mohr; Orchis 67­68: 124 (1989) [fide Torelli 2000]
species :
Pleione hookeriana (Lindl.) Rollisson; Nursery Cat. (Rollisson) 1875-1876: 39 (1875)
Distribution: China (N-Guangdong, N- & W-Guangxi, SE-Guizhou, SE-Yunnan); S-Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); N-Myanmar; Laos
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Coelogyne hookeriana Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. Coelogyne: 14 (1854)
= Coelogyne hookeriana var. brachyglossa (Rchb.f.) Karthik.; Karthik. & al., Fl. Ind. Enumerat.- Monocot. 165 (1989)
= Coelogyne hookeriana var. brachyglossa Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 1: 833 (1887)
= Pleione hookeriana (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 680 (1891), isonym
= Pleione hookeriana (Lindl.) T.Moore; Williams, Orchid-Grow. Man. ed. 6: 548 (1885)
= Pleione hookeriana f. alba Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 14: 72 (2000)
= Pleione hookeriana var. brachyglossa (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 11: 291 (1903)
= Pleione laotica Kerr; J. Thailand Soc., Nat. Hist. Suppl. 9: 235 (1933)
species :
Pleione humilis (Sm.) D.Don; Prod. Fl. Nep. 37 (1825)
Distribution: SE-Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Myanmar (Kachin, Chin)
36 TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Coelogyne humilis (Sm.) Lindl.; Coll. Bot. sub t. 37 (1826)
= Coelogyne humilis var. albata Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 3: 392 (1888)
= Coelogyne humilis var. tricolor Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. n. s. 13: 394 (1880)
= Cymbidium humile (Sm.) Lindl.; Coll. Bot.: t. 37 (1826)
= Dendrobium humile (Sm.) Sm.; Rees, Cycl. 11: no. 4 (1808)
= Epidendrum humile Sm.; Exot. Bot. 2: 75 (1806)
= Pleione diantha Schltr.; Orchis 9: 44 (1915)
= Pleione humilis var. adnata Pfitzer; Engl., Pflanzenr. IV 50: 121 (1907)
= Pleione humilis var. amitii R.Pal, Dayamma & Medhi; J. Orchid Soc. India 25(1-2): 73 (2011)
= Pleione humilis var. pulchella E.W.Cooper; Roy. Hort. Soc., Dict. Gard. 3: 1606 (1951)
= Pleione humilis var. purpurascens Pfitzer; Engl., Pflanzenr. IV 50: 122 (1907)
species :
Pleione jinhuana Z.J.Liu, M.T.Jiang & S.R.Lan; Phytotaxa 345(1): 48 (2018)
Distribution: China (Zhejiang)
36 CHI
species :
Pleione kaatiae P.H.Peeters; Richardiana 3(3): 132 (2003)
Distribution: China (W-Sichuan)
36 CHI
species :
Pleione limprichtii Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 12: 346 (1922)
Distribution: China (SW-Sichuan, Yunnan); N-Myanmar (Chin)
36 CHI 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleione bulbocodioides var. limprichtii (Schltr.) P.J.Cribb; H. Bechtel, P. J. Cribb & E. Launert, Man. Cult. Orchid Sp.: 372 (1981)
species :
Pleione maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton; Paxton, Flower Gard. 2: 5, t. 391 (1851)
Distribution: China (W-Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Chin, Kachin, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Coelogyne arthuriana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1881, I: 40 (1881)
= Coelogyne candida Lindl. ex Wall.; Numer. List 54, n. 1964 (1829), nomen
= Coelogyne diphylla (Lindl. & Paxton) Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 5: 15 (1854)
= Coelogyne maculata Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 43 (1830)
= Coelogyne maculata var. virginea Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. n. s. 15: 40 (1881)
= Gomphostylis candida Wall. ex Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 43 (1830)
= Pleione diphylla Lindl. & Paxton; Paxton´s Fl. Gard. 2: 66 (1851)
= Pleione maculata var. arthuriana (Rchb.f.) Rolfe ex Kraenzl.; Engl., Pflanzenr. IV 50: Coelogyninae 128 (1907)
= Pleione maculata var. virginea (Rchb.f.) Karthik.; Karthik. & al., Fl. Ind. Enumerat.- Monocot. 166 (1989)
species :
Pleione microphylla S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 38(2): 182 (2000)
Distribution: China (S-Guangdong)
36 CHI
species :
Pleione pleionoides (Kraenzl. ex Diels) Braem & H.Mohr; Orchis 67­68: 124 (1989)
Distribution: China (Chongqing, Guizhou, W-Hubei)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleione amoena Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 185 (1919), nom. illeg.
= Pleione hubeiensis Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 10: 31 (1998)
= Pleione speciosa Ames & Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 4: 61 (1919) [non Kuntze 1891]
= Pleione voltolinii Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 12: 51 (1999)
= Pogonia pleionoides Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 267 (1900). ex Diels, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 267 (1901)
species :
Pleione praecox (Sm.) D.Don; Prod. Fl. Nep. 37 (1825)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand. West Bengal); Bangladesh; N-Myanmar (Bago, Chin, Kachin, Kayin, Taninthayi, Mon, Rakhine); N-Thailand; Laos; N-Vietnam
36 CHI TIB 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Coelogyne birmanica Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1882, II: 840 (1882)
= Coelogyne concolor Mottet; Dict. Prat. Hort. 1: 736 (1892-1893)
= Coelogyne praecox (Sm.) Lindl.; Coll. Bot. sub t. 37 (1825)
= Coelogyne praecox var. sanguinea Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 5: 16 (1854)
= Coelogyne praecox var. tenera Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. n. s. 20: 294 (1883)
= Coelogyne praecox var. wallichiana (Lindl.) Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 5: 16 (1854)
= Coelogyne reichenbachiana T.Moore & Veitch; Gard. Chron. 1868: 1210 (1868)
= Coelogyne wallichiana Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 43 (1830)
= Cymbidium praecox (Sm.) Lindl.; Coll. Bot.: t. 37 (1826)
= Dendrobium praecox (Sm.) Sm.; Rees, Cyclop. 11: n. 3 (1801)
= Epidendrum praecox Sm.; Exot. Bot. 2: 73, t. 97 (1806)
= Pleione birmanica (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man. ed. 7: 681 (1894)
= Pleione concolor B.S.Williams; Orch. Grow. Man. ed. 7 (1894) 681
= Pleione praecox f. candida (Pfitzer) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas: 350 (2007)
= Pleione praecox var. alba E.W.Cooper; Roy. Hort. Soc. Dict. Gard. 1606 (1951)
= Pleione praecox var. birmanica (Rchb.f.) B.Grant; Orch. Burma 167 (1895)
= Pleione praecox var. candida Pfitzer; Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 50: 126 (1907)
= Pleione praecox var. reichenbachiana (T.Moore & Veitch) Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 14: 101 (2000)
= Pleione praecox var. wallichiana (Lindl.) E.W.Cooper; Roy. Hort. Soc. Dict. Gard. 1606 (1951)
= Pleione reichenbachiana (T.Moore & Veitch) B.S.Williams; (1871)
= Pleione reichenbachiana (T.Moore & Veitch) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 680 (1891)
= Pleione wallichiana (Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton; Paxton´s Fl. Gard. 2: 66 (1851)
species :
Pleione saxicola Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25(6): 473 (1987)
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh)
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND
species :
Pleione scopulorum W.W.Sm.; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 218 (1921)
Distribution: China (NW- & SW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; India (Arunachal Pradesh); Myanmar (Kachin)
36 CHI TIB 40 IND 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletilla scopulorum (W.W.Sm.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 375 (1924)
= Jimensia scopulorum (W.W.Sm.) Garay & R.E.Schult.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 18: 184 (1958)
species :
Pleione vietnamensis Aver. & P.J.Cribb; Genus Pleione,ed. 2: 46 (1999)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Pleione xiushanensis H.P.Deng, Yu Bing Yang & Qi Qin; Phytotaxa 606(3): 215 (2023)
Distribution: China (Chongqing)
36 CHI
species :
Pleione yunnanensis (Rolfe) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 11: 292 (1903)
Distribution: China (NW- & W-Guizhou, SW-Sichuan, NW- & SE-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Myanmar (Kachin)
36 CHI TIB 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Coelogyne yunnanensis Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 23 (1903)
= Pleione chiwuana Tang & F.T.Wang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1(1): 78 (1951)
= Pleione yunnanensis var. chiwuana (Tang & F.T.Wang) G.Kleinh. ex Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 14: 127 (2000)
species :
Pleione ×baoshanensis W.Zhang & S.B.Zhang; Phytotaxa 350(3): 256 (2018)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
Remarks: Pleione albiflora x yunnanensis
species :
Pleione ×christianii Perner; Orchidee (Hamburg) Suppl. 6: 12 (1999)
Distribution: China (W-Yunnan)
36 CHI
Remarks: Pleione forrestii x yunnanensis
species :
Pleione ×confusa P.J.Cribb & C.Z.Tang; Curtis, Bot. Mag., 184(3): 126 (1983)
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan); N-Myanmar
36 CHI 41 MYA
Remarks: Pleione albiflora x forrestii
species :
Pleione ×kingdonwardii P.J.Cribb & Butterf.; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 34(2): 137 (2017)
Distribution: Myanmar
41 MYA
Remarks: Pleione bulbocodioides x humilis
species :
Pleione ×kohlsii Braem; Schlechteriana 2(4): 168 (1991)
Distribution: China (W-Yunnan)
36 CHI
Remarks: Pleione aurita x forrestii
species :
Pleione ×lagenaria Lindl. & Paxton; Flow. Gard. 2: 5 (1851 publ. 1852)
Distribution: +NE-India (+Assam)
40 IND
Remarks: Pleione maculata x praecox
Conservation Status: IUCN Ex, surviving in culture and as artificial hybrid
Synonyms: hidden
= Coelogyne ×lagenaria (Lindl.) Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. Coelog. 15 (1854)
species :
Pleione ×maoershanensis W.Zhang & S.B.Zhang; Phytotaxa 350(3): 256 (2018)
Distribution: China (Guangxi)
36 CHI
Remarks: Pleione hookeriana x pleionoides
species :
Pleione ×taliensis Butterf. ex Torelli & Riccab.; Caesiana 14: 137 (2000)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
Remarks: Pleione bulbocodioides x yunnanensis
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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World


Version 19.2 (April 17th, 2024)

Covering 354,696 accepted species,
8,644 hybrids, 47,758 accepted infraspecific taxa and 996,379 synonyms,
in total 1,407,477* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]


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