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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.

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Synonyms of Maxillaria

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Adamanthus Szlach. Richardiana 7: 30 wfo-4000000553
Anthosiphon Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 182 (1920) wfo-4000002458
Bolbidium (Lindl.) Lindl. Veg. Kingd. : 181 (1846) wfo-4000004900
Brasiliorchis R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali Novon 17: 94 (2007) wfo-4000005334
Camaridium Lindl. Bot. Reg. 10: t. 844 (1824) wfo-4000006344
Christensonella Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek Polish Bot. J. 51: 57 (2006) wfo-4000008135
Chrysocycnis Linden & Rchb.f. Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 280 (1854) wfo-4000008204
Cryptocentrum Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 325 (1881) wfo-4000009874
Cyrtidiorchis Rauschert Taxon 31: 560 (1982) wfo-4000010514
Cyrtoglottis Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 181 (1920) wfo-4000010526
Dicrypta Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 44 (1830) wfo-4000011556
Heterotaxis Lindl. Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1028 (1826) wfo-4000017785
Hylaeorchis Carnevali & G.A.Romero Orchids Venezuela , ed. 2: 1136 (2000) wfo-4000018597
Inti M.A.Blanco Lankesteriana 7: 524 (2007) wfo-4000019100
Laricorchis Szlach. Richardiana 7: 27 (2006) wfo-4000020605
Mapinguari Carnevali & R.B.Singer Lankesteriana 7: 525 (2007) wfo-4000023082
Marsupiaria Hoehne Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo , n.s., f.m., 2: 69 (1947) wfo-4000023213
Maxillariella M.A.Blanco & Carnevali Lankesteriana 7: 527 (2007) wfo-4000023377
Menadena Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 98 (1837) wfo-4000023708
Mormolyca Fenzl Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 1: 253 (1850) wfo-4000024863
Neo-urbania Fawc. & Rendle J. Bot. 47: 125 (1909) wfo-4000025882
Nitidobulbon Ojeda, Carnevali & G.A.Romero Novon 19: 98 (2009) wfo-4000026171
Ornithidium Salisb. ex R.Br. Hortus Kew. 5: 210 (1813) wfo-4000027180
Pittierella Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 80 (1906) wfo-4000029916
Pityphyllum Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 162 (1920) wfo-4000029937
Pseudomaxillaria Hoehne Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo , n.s., f.m., 2: 71 (1947) wfo-4000031592
Psittacoglossum Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 29 (1825) wfo-4000031812
Rhetinantha M.A.Blanco Lankesteriana 7: 534 (2007) wfo-4000032929
Sauvetrea Szlach. Richardiana 7: 28 wfo-4000034191
Sepalosaccus Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 244 (1923) wfo-4000035084
Siagonanthus Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 40 (1836) wfo-4000035267
Trigonidium Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1923 (1837) wfo-4000039150
Calawaya Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 23 (2012) wfo-4000046161
Chaseopsis Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 25 (2012) wfo-4000046162
Chelyella Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 25 (2012) wfo-4000046163
Pseudocymbidium Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 33 (2012) wfo-4000046164
Viracocha Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 36 (2012) wfo-4000046165
Xanthoxerampellia Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 37 (2012) wfo-4000046166
Aucellia Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 22 (2012) wfo-4100003026
Hoehnella Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 28 (2012) wfo-4100003039
Vazquezella Szlach. & Sitko Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 36 (2012) wfo-4100003052
Cyrtidium Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 178 (1924) wfo-4100003130

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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 barkerii Lindl. ex Beer Prakt. Stud. Orchid. : 266 (1854) wfo-0000238188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria barrerana Szlach., Kolan., Lipinska & Medina Tr. Bot. Lett. 164: 163 (2017) wfo-1000053008
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 citrinilabia Szlach., Kolan., Lipinska & Medina Tr. Bot. Lett. 164: 165 (2017) wfo-1000052987
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 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. (Walpers) 6(4): 551. 1863 [Jan-Jul 1863] 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] wfo-0001354085
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria galeottiana A.Rich. & Galeotti Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 3: 24 (1845) wfo-0000238414
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 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 ignea Rchb.f. Bonplandia 2(2): 19. 1854 [15 Jan 1854] 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. – wfo-0001349782
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria linguiformis Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 20 (1856) 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 littoralis Rouy Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 8: 257, in syn. 1903 [Apr 1903] wfo-0001223492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria luizotavioi Engels & E.C.Smidt Nordic J. Bot. 2023(4)-e03815: 3 2023 wfo-1000055232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria luteoalba var. turneri (G.Nicholson) Veitch – wfo-0001391906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria lyothii A.D.Hawkes Orchid J. 1: 486, sine descr. lat. 1952 wfo-0001223513
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 wfo-0000238664
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. 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 Anais Soc. Bot. Brasil 1972: 95, without latin descr. or type. ; cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat. wfo-0001223539
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 planifolia C.Schweinf. – wfo-0001350364
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 purpurascens Knowl. & Westc. in Phytolog. 8; ex Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 547. wfo-0000238797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria purpurascens Knowles & Westc. ex Rchb.f. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 547 (1863) wfo-1000053988
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria roezlii Rchb.f. ex Linden Ill. Hort. xxix. (1882) 68, nomen. wfo-0001088677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria rollinsonii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 108. wfo-0001223555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria sinuosa Bateman ex W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. : 587 (1850) wfo-0000238887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Maxillaria sterrocaulon (Schltr.) P.Ortiz Orquideologia 13: 100. 1991 wfo-0001350081