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Family:

Orchidaceae (Magnoliophyta)

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.