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Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. : 116 (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