WFO logo

Snapshots of the taxonomy
WFO Logo

As classified in WFO snapshot

March 2019

Warning: older classification

Previous Previous classification

Next classification Next

genus

Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 116, t. 25 1794  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000023376.

Synonyms of Maxillaria

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pleuranthium (Rchb. f.) Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 312. 1881. (21 Feb 1881) — wfo-4000030304

Species in Maxillaria ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Maxillaria:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria barkeri Lindl. ex Beer Prakt. Stud. Orchid. 266 1854 wfo-0000238188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria baueri Lindl. Not listed in IK. — wfo-0001088945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria boylei Dodson – — wfo-0001088946
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria densiflora Lindl. Sketch Veg. Swan R. 26: t. 1804 t. 1804 1835 — wfo-0001220955
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria dodsonii Carnevali & Fritz – — wfo-0001233941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria exiltata Schmidel – — wfo-0001272503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria fenestrata Lindl. ex Hook. Bot. Mag. 71: , t. 4164 1845 — wfo-0001033071
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria flagellifera Lindl. ex Rchb. f. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 551 551 1863 wfo-0001223440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria galeottiana A.Rich. & Galeotti Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. III, 3: 24 1845 wfo-0000238414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria glauca Lindl. ex W.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. 586 1850 wfo-0000238424
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria guayanensis Klinge Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(1): 139 1898 wfo-0000238448
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria heraldica Rchb.f. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 763 1852 wfo-0000238477
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria heterobulbon Kraenzl. Not listed in IK. — wfo-0001088948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria histriologorum Rchb. f. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 936 936 1852 — wfo-0001088949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria houtteii Beer Prakt. Stud. Orchid. 265 1854 wfo-0000238495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria humilis J.T. Atwood & Mora-Ret. – — wfo-0001220956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria leichenheimiana Endres & Rchb. f. Not listed in IK. — wfo-0001088610
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria linguiformis Regel Index Seminum (LE) 1856: 20 1856 wfo-0000238568
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria lipamphylla Summerh. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 377 377 1938 — wfo-0001223489
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria liparophylla Summerh. ex Sandwith Not listed in IK — wfo-0001088950
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria littoralis Rouy Fl. France 8: 257 257 1903 wfo-0001223492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria lyothii A.D. Hawkes Orchid J. 1: 486 486 1952 wfo-0001223513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria mirabilis Cogn. J. Orchidées 4: 363 1894 wfo-0000238640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria mooreana Rolfe Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 36 1895 wfo-0000238651
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria moutini Pabst Bradea 3(7): 50 50 1980 — wfo-0001088951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria nidifica Rchb. f. Not listed in IK. — wfo-0001088611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria nigricans hort. ex Gentil Liste Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 120 120 1907 wfo-0001223521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria ornithoglossa Lodd. ex W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. 586 1850 wfo-0000238698
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria paraensis Brieger An. Soc. Bot. Brasil. 1972: 95 95 1972 wfo-0001223539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria parthoni Dumort. Hort. Belge 2: 245 1834 wfo-0000238720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria parvula Hook. Exot. Fl. 3: t. 217 1826 wfo-0000238729
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria perijaensis Carnevali & G.A. Romero-Gonzalez Not listed in IK. — wfo-0001088952
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria perpusilla Kraenzl. Not listed in IK. — wfo-0001088953
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria phaeoglossa Schltr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 279 1918 wfo-0000238749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria psittacina Bateman ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 107 1841 — wfo-0000238786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria pusilla Rolfe Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 415 1908 wfo-0000238804
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria roezli Rchb. f. ex L. Linden Ill. Hort. 29: 68 68 1882 wfo-0001088677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria rollinsonii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 2: 108 108 1840 wfo-0001223555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria sinuosa Bateman ex W.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. 587 1850 wfo-0000238887