Taxon Details: Orchidaceae
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Family:

Orchidaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Orchidaceae
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Common Names:

Orchid Family
Description:

Number of genera: 750-80

Number of species: 19,500

Distribution (from PLANTAE): This is a subcosmopolitan family, with representatives in all phytogeographic regions and climates, but the majority of taxa on all levels are tropical. Most genera are, however, restricted to only one continent; only 11 genera are pantropic, and only 21 more genera show a transoceanic distribution, and 27 genera are terrestrial, which may indicate an early expansion of the family, before the epiphytic mode of life evolved.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Orchidaceae: [Book] Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Orchidaceae: [Book] Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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• F. Kingdon-Ward 18942, India
• J. L. Fernández Alonso 8430, Colombia
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• H. S. Irwin 18681, Brazil
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• W. W. Thomas 14165, Brazil
• W. W. Thomas 14199, Brazil
• W. W. Thomas 14202, Brazil
• W. W. Thomas 14213, Brazil
• W. W. Thomas 14215, Brazil
• W. W. Thomas 12551, Brazil
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• W. W. Thomas 11038, Brazil
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• M. H. Nee 49492, Bolivia
• G. M. Plunkett 4172, Vanuatu
• G. M. Plunkett 4222, Vanuatu
• G. M. Plunkett 3726, Vanuatu
• Herb. Wight 2085, India
• M. J. Balick 4023, Federated States of Micronesia
• M. J. Balick 3916, Federated States of Micronesia
• M. J. Balick 4038, Federated States of Micronesia
• H. Li 21779, China
• C. A. Wenzel 3111, Philippines
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• C. E. Carr 10003, Papua New Guinea
• C. E. Carr 10011, Papua New Guinea
• C. E. Carr 10015, Papua New Guinea
• C. E. Carr 10037, Papua New Guinea
• C. E. Carr 10288, Papua New Guinea
• C. E. Carr 10314, Papua New Guinea
• C. E. Carr 10420, Papua New Guinea
• C. E. Carr 10524, Papua New Guinea
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• L. J. Brass 30937, Papua New Guinea
• B. C. Bennett 1853, Peru
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• D. da Silva Costa 677, Brazil
• J. A. Shafer 3480, Cuba
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• C. G. Rice 160, India
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