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Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 116, t. 25 1794   Link to external nomenclature reference

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.

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Synonyms of Maxillaria

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Bolbidium – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000004900
Brasiliorchis R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali Novon 17: 94 (2007) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000005334
Camaridium Lindl. Bot. Reg. 10: t. 844 (1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000006344
Christensonella Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Śmiszek Polish Bot. J. 51: 57 (2006) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000008135
Chrysocycnis Linden & Rchb.f. Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 280 (1854) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000008204
Cryptocentrum Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 325 (1881) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000009874
Cyrtidiorchis Rauschert Taxon 31: 560 (1982) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000010514
Heterotaxis Lindl. Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1028 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000017785
Hylaeorchis Carnevali & G.A.Romero Orchids Venezuela , ed. 2: 1136 (2000) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000018597
Inti M.A.Blanco Lankesteriana 7: 524 (2007) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000019100
Mapinguari Carnevali & R.B.Singer Lankesteriana 7: 525 (2007) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000023082
Maxillariella M.A.Blanco & Carnevali Lankesteriana 7: 527 (2007) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000023377
Mormolyca Fenzl Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 1: 253 (1850) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000024863
Neo-urbania Fawc. & Rendle J. Bot. 47: 125 (1909) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000025882
Nitidobulbon Ojeda, Carnevali & G.A.Romero Novon 19: 98 (2009) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000026171
Ornithidium Salisb. ex R.Br. Hortus Kew. 5: 210 (1813) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000027180
Pityphyllum Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 162 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000029937
Rhetinantha M.A.Blanco Lankesteriana 7: 534 (2007) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000032929
Sauvetrea Szlach. Richardiana 7: 28 (2007 publ. 2006) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000034191
Trigonidium Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1923 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000039150
Calawaya Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 23 (2012) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000046161
Chaseopsis Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 25 (2012) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000046162
Chelyella Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 25 (2012) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000046163
Pseudocymbidium Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 33 (2012) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000046164
Viracocha Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 36 (2012) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000046165
Xanthoxerampellia Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 37 (2012) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000046166

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 anacatalinaportillae Szlach. & Lipińska PhytoKeys 190: 21, figs. 3-4. 2022 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000030388
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria barkerii Lindl. ex Beer Prakt. Stud. Orchid. : 266 (1854) Link to external nomenclature reference 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 bicentenaria Collantes & C.Martel Phytotaxa 518(2): 91, figs. 4-6. 2021 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000027843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria boylei Dodson – — wfo-0001088946
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria cachacoensis J.T.Atwood Selbyana 24(1): 30 (2003). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000470554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria canarensis J.T.Atwood Selbyana 24(1): 31 (2003). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000470558
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria cedralensis J.T.Atwood & Mora-Ret. Selbyana 18(1): 31 (1997). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria condorensis J.T.Atwood Selbyana 24(1): 32 (2003). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000470571
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria cymbidioides Dodson, J.T.Atwood & Carnevali Orquideologia 20(3): 267. 1997 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria densiflora Lindl. Sketch Veg. Swan R. 26: t. 1804 1835 — wfo-0001220955
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria disticha (Lindl.) C.Schweinf. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 270, cum descr. ampl. 1945 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria encyclioides J.T.Atwood & Dodson Orquideologia 20(3): 268. 1997 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238371
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 fimbriatiloba Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A. Romero & G. Carnevali, Orchids of Venezuela, ed. 2 1138 (2000). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238385
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria flagellifera Lindl. ex Rchb.f. Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6(4): 551. 1863 [Jan-Jul 1863] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001223440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria furstenbergae Dodson Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 31(8): 644 (-645; fig. 8). 1962 [Aug 1962] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001354085
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria fuscata var. huebschii A.H.Kent Man. Orchid. Pl. 9: 153. 1893 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200018278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria galeottiana A.Rich. & Galeotti Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 3: 24 (1845) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria grandiflora var. alba Rolfe Orchid Rev. 5: 32. 1897 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200018295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria grandiflora var. amesiana (Mast.) A.H.Kent Man. Orchid. Pl. 9: 154. 1893 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200018351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria heraldica Rchb.f. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 763 (1852) Link to external nomenclature reference 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 1852 — wfo-0001088949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria houtteii Beer Prakt. Stud. Orchid. : 265 (1854) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria ignea Rchb.f. Bonplandia 2(2): 19. 1854 [15 Jan 1854] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001354082
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 lidleyana Schltr. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001349782
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria linguiformis Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 20 (1856) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238568
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria lipamphylla Summerh. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 377 1938 — wfo-0001223489
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria lipinskae J.M.H.Shaw Orchid Rev. Suppl., 127(1326): 45. 2019 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000033177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria littoralis Rouy Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 8: 257, in syn. 1903 [Apr 1903] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001223492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria luteoalba var. turneri (G.Nicholson) Veitch – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001391906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria lyothii A.D.Hawkes Orchid J. 1: 486, sine descr. lat. 1952 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001223513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria machinazensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson Lindleyana 13(2): 71 (1998). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238602
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria moutinhoi Pabst Bradea 3(7): 50. 1980 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria moutini Pabst Bradea 3(7): 50 1980 — wfo-0001088951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria nagelii L.O.Williams ex Correl Lloydia 10: 212. 1948 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria nicaraguensis (Hamer & Garay) J.T.Atwood Selbyana 10(1): 60. 1988 [1987 publ. 1988] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238676
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 Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 120 (1907), nomen. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001223521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria nubigena (Rchb.f.) C.Schweinf. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 282, cum descr. ampl. 1945 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria oceophylla A.G.Wilson Orchid Rev. 40: 348. 1932 (1932) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000037457
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria ornithoglossa Lodd. ex W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. : 586 (1850) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238698
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria oxapampensis J.T.Atwood Selbyana 24(1): 36 (2003). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000470625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria paraensis Brieger Anais Soc. Bot. Brasil 1972: 95, without latin descr. or type. ; cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001223539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria parthonii Dumort. Hort. Belge 2: 245 (1834) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria parvula Hook. Exot. Fl. 3: t. 217 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference 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 pfisteri Sauvêtre Orchid Rev. 128(1332): 248. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000023594
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria planifolia C.Schweinf. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria porrecta var. lutea Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1857: 29. 1858 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200018296
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria pseudonubigena J.T.Atwood Selbyana 24(1): 39 (2003). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000470656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria pseudopicta Rysy & Baumbach Orchidee (Hamburg) 71(3): 189. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000023595
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria psittacina Bateman ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 107 (1841) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria punctata G.Lodd. ex Drapiez Encyclogr. Règne Vég. 1: [unpaged]. 1833 [1833-1834] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200010055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria purpurascens Knowl. & Westc. in Phytolog. 8; ex Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 547. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria purpureonigra Zambrano, Carnevali & Solano Phytotaxa 477(2): 206. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000023596
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria pustulosa J.T.Atwood Selbyana 24(1): 41 (2003). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000470676
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria richii Dodson Orquideologia 19(3): 81. 1994 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria roezlii Rchb.f. ex Linden Ill. Hort. xxix. (1882) 68, nomen. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001088677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria rollinsonii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 108. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001223555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria rudolfii Hoehne Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo , n.s., f.m., 2: 73 (1947) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria sanderiana var. xanthoglossa Anon. Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 26: 494. 1893 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200018275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria sanguinea f. exsanguis Salguero & Pupulin Orchids (West Palm Beach) 89(5): 409. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200007622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria sculliana J.T.Atwood Selbyana 24(1): 1 (2003). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000470709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria sinuosa Bateman ex W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. : 587 (1850) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria sterrocaulon (Schltr.) P.Ortiz Orquideologia 13: 100. 1991 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350081
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria tenuibulba Christenson Orchid Rev. 109(1237): 41 (2001). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000238942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria tenuis var. amazonica Pabst Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo n.s., f.m., 3: 132. 1955 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200018211
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria vallecaucana (Kolan., Lipińska & Szlach.) J.M.H.Shaw Orchid Rev. Suppl., 127(1326): 45. 2019 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000033178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria villosa (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 3(6): 34. 1904 [15 Feb 1904] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000239014
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria yucatanensis Carnevali & R.Jiménez Harvard Pap. Bot. 5(2): 428 (2001). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000239051