Taxonomy Profile: Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom:

Plantae

Taxonomic Rank:

Family

Synonym(s):

Pycnanthaceae

Apostasiaceae

Cypripediaceae

Limodoraceae

Liparidaceae

Neottiaceae

Neuwiediaceae

Ophrydaceae

Vanillaceae

Common Name(s):

orchids []

Taxonomic Status:

Current Standing:

accepted

Data Quality Indicators:

Record Credibility Rating:

TWG standards met

Orchidaceae: Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom : Plantae

plants |

Planta |

Vegetal |

plantes |

Subkingdom : Viridiplantae

green plants |

Infrakingdom : Streptophyta

land plants |

Superdivision : Embryophyta

Phylum : Tracheophyta

vascular plants |

tracheophytes |

Subphylum : Spermatophytina

spermatophytes |

seed plants |

phanérogames |

Class : Magnoliopsida

Superorder : Lilianae

monocots |

monocotyledons |

monocotylédones |

Order : Asparagales

Family : Orchidaceae

orchids |

Orchidaceae Direct Children(s):

(Willd)

(Rich)

(Juss)

(Rich)

(Zinn)

(Torr)

(L)

(Schltr)

(Ruiz & Pav)

(R Br)

(Thouars)

(R Br)

(Salisb)

(Benth)

(Rich)

(Rich ex Lindl)

(Sw)

(L)

(R Br)

(Neck ex Nevski)

(Hook)

(L)

(Blume)

(R Br ex Lindl)

(Lindl)

(Raf)

(R Br)

(Lindl)

(R Br)

(Raf)

(Kunth)

(Raf)

(Knowles & Westc)

(Ames)

(R Br)

(Sol ex Sw)

(Ruiz & Pav)

(Lindl)

(Sw)

(R Br)

(Hook)

(R Br)

(Garay & Dunst)

(Lindl)

(Nutt)

(Nutt)

(Lindl)

(Mill)

(Lindl)

(Blume)

(Blume)

(Lindl)

(R Br)

(Lindl)

(Raf)

(Lindl)

(Thouars)

(Poepp & Endl)

(Lindl)

(Raf)

(Schltr)

(C Presl)

(R Br)

(Schltr)

(Rchb f)

(Sw)

(Lour)

(Poepp & Endl)

(Blume)

(Sw)

Wullschlaegelia

(Rchb f)

(Lindl)

(Rich)

(Rchb f)

(Sw)

(Raf)

(Wawra)

(AD Hawkes)

(Lindl)

(Britton & Millsp)

(Garay)

(Barb Rodr)

(Raf)

Pteroglossaspis

(Rchb f)

(Braem)

(R Br)

(C Presl)

(Schltr)

(Schltr)

(Poit ex Lindl)

(Rich ex Spreng)

(Luer)

(R Br)

(Schltr)

(Gagnebin)

(Garay)

(Rchb f)

(Schltr)

(Sw)

(Lindl)

(Ruiz & Pav)

(Lour)

(Raf)

(L)

(L)

(Ruiz & Pav)

(Rich ex Kunth)

(Frost ex Hook)

(Lindl)

(Jones ex R Br)

(Blume)

(Pfitzer)

(Lindl)

(Comm ex Gaudich)

(Griff)

(Jacks)

(Lindl)

(Raf)

(Poepp & Endl)

(Raf)

(Knowles & Westc)

(Ség)

(Rydb)

(Schltr)

(Kunth)

(God-Leb)

(Fenzl)

(Salisb ex R Br)

(Pansarin & F Barros)

(Salazar)

(C Presl)

(Archila)

(Lindl)

(Guett)

(Ravenna)

Orchidaceae: References

Expert(s):

Source(s):

Source:

NODC Taxonomic Code

Acquired:

1996-07-29

Notes:

Reference for:

Orchidaceae

Source:

The PLANTS Database

Acquired:

1996-07-26

Notes:

National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov

Reference for:

Orchidaceae

Source:

The PLANTS Database

Acquired:

2000-01-21

Notes:

National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov

Reference for:

Orchidaceae

Source:

Checklist of CITES species

Acquired:

2009-05-01

Notes:

UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2008. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-029-3. Available online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/sca/cd_checklist-info/ or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland

Reference for:

Orchidaceae

Source:

Orchidaceae of North America Update

Acquired:

2010-10-07

Notes:

Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)

Reference for:

Orchidaceae

Source:

Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, 2014

Acquired:

2014-11-19

Notes:

Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden, available at http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/

Reference for:

Orchidaceae

Publication(s):

Orchidaceae: Geographic Information

Geographic Division:

Jurisdiction/Origin:

Orchidaceae: Comments

Comment:

CITES: Appendix II except the species included in Appendix I, adopted at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (The Hague, 2007)