Family: Orchidaceae  Juss., nom. cons.

Family number: 798. Last updated: 12-Apr-2007.
Number of accepted genera: 857.
Type genus: Orchis L.
Comment: monocot family.

Complete list of genera

Check other databases for:

• Orchidaceae fruit/seed descriptions and images (U.S. National Seed Herbarium)
• Other Orchidaceae data links (Flowering Plant Gateway)
  
• Higher level classification information (Flowering Plant Gateway)
  
• Higher level classification information (Steven's Angiosperm Phylogeny Website)
  
• Reveal's concordance of Orchidaceae with other family classifications (University of Maryland)
  
• Orchidaceae genera from Brummitt's Vascular Plant Families and Genera (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
  

References for family:

• There are no references for this family in GRIN.

Check other bibliographic databases:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms for family:

• Apostasiaceae Lindl., nom. cons.
• Cypripediaceae Lindl.
• Limodoraceae Horan.
• Neuwiediaceae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland
• Vanillaceae Lindl.

Subfamilies and tribes for Orchidaceae:

Images:

• Embryo drawing (Listera ovata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images (Calopogon tuberosus): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Cypripedium acaule): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Cypripedium calceolus): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Cypripedium kentuckiense): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Isotria medeoloides): from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit (Aerides lawrenceae var. sanderiana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Aplectrum hyemale): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Calopogon tuberosus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Orchis spectabilis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Aerides lawrenceae var. sanderiana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Aplectrum hyemale): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Bletilla striata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Calanthe calanthoides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Calopogon tuberosus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Orchis spectabilis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Rhynchostylis retusa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds and long internal fruit hairs (Aerides lawrenceae var. sanderiana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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