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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Orchis Tourn. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 943 (1753)

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-4000027038.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 939. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Orchis

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Orchis schulzii	Hausskn. ex Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(1): 292. 1889 [1-15 Dec 1889]	wfo-0001223578
Aceras	R.Br.	Hortus Kew. 5: 191 (1813)	wfo-4000000191
Androrchis	D.Tyteca & E.Klein	J. Eur. Orch. 40: 539 (2008)	wfo-4000002009
Zoophora	Bernh.	Syst. Verz. Erf. : 308 (1800)	wfo-4000041271
Abrochis	Neck.	Elem. Bot. 3: 130 (1790)	wfo-4000044405
Orchiaceras	E.G.Camus	J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 107 (1892)	wfo-4100003182
Strateuma	Salisb.	Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 290 (1812)	wfo-4100003199

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Orchis adriatica	Soó	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 193 (1932)		wfo-0000258884
Orchis adulterina	E.G.Camus	in Morot, Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 32.		wfo-0000258885
Orchis albuferensis	R.M.Bateman & Hollingsw.	Taxon 53:53. 2004 from basionym reference		wfo-0001356239
Orchis alpestre	(Fukuy.) S.S.Ying	Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 8(4): 140. 1975		wfo-0001223032
Orchis alpestris	Pugsley	Proc. Linn. Soc. London 146: 98. 1934, in clavi; et in Journ. Linn. Soc., Lond., Bot. 49: 587 (1935), descr. ampl.		wfo-0000258900
Orchis altissima	Ham. ex Hook.f.	Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(17): 137. 1890 [Dec 1890]		wfo-0001223060
Orchis anatolica subsp. albiflora	Addam & Bou-Hamdan	Int. J. Bot. Stud. 2(6): 223 2017		wfo-1200073341
Orchis anatolica subsp. troodi	Renz	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 209 (1929)		wfo-0000258918
Orchis angustifolia f. robustior	Klinge	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(2): 83 1899	—	wfo-0000480753
Orchis angustifolia f. spathulata	–	–	—	wfo-1200065696
Orchis angustifolia subsp. pycnantha	L.Neumann	–	—	wfo-0001033606
Orchis angustifolia var. lapponica	Laest.	–	—	wfo-0001088528
Orchis anthropomorpha	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 567. 1821		wfo-0001223099
Orchis anthropophora var. flavescens	(W.Zimm. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Serra & López Esp.	Flora Montiber. 82: 143. 2022 [21 Jan 2022] [epublished]		wfo-1200029815
Orchis aquitaniensis	G.Keller & Jeanj.	Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 89(Proc.-Verb.): 41 (1937)		wfo-0000838139
Orchis argentarii	G.Keller	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 154 (1932)		wfo-0000258939
Orchis balcanica	Velen.	Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1889(2): 53 (1890)		wfo-0000258950
Orchis beyrichii	Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Fl. Tirol 6(1): 508. 1906		wfo-0001223174
Orchis bispuria	G.Keller	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 113, nomen alternativ. 1931		wfo-0001223191
Orchis bonnieriana	E.G.Camus	J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 416 (1892)		wfo-0000258983
Orchis bornemanniana	Aschers. ex Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(1): 292, sphalm. 1889 [1-15 Dec 1889]		wfo-0001223218
Orchis bornemannii	Asch.	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 15: 70 (1865)		wfo-0000258984
Orchis brevicornu	Viv.	Fl. Ital. Fragm. 11. t. 12. f. 2. 1808		wfo-0001223242
Orchis brochoni	Jeanj.	Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 88: Proc. Verb. 120, gallice. 1936		wfo-0001223246
Orchis caballeroi	Rivas Goday	Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6(2): 517. 1946		wfo-0001223272
Orchis calcarata	Walter	Fl. Carol. : 220 (1788)		wfo-0000259012
Orchis canuti	K.Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: 272 1890		wfo-0000259022
Orchis capitata	E.G.Camus	in Morot, Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 33.		wfo-0000259023
Orchis cataphracta	Sieber ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 569. 1821 [Apr 1821] ; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 (Steudel). 2: 223. 1841.		wfo-0001223327
Orchis chenevardii	M.Schulze	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 48: 53 (1898)		wfo-0000621768
Orchis chidori	(Makino) Schltr.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 88 (1919)		wfo-0000259049
Orchis chidori var. curtipes	(Ohwi) Ohwi	Fl. Jap. , ed. rev.: 1439 (1965)		wfo-1200018799
Orchis chidorii var. curtipes	(Ohwi) Ohwi	Fl. Jap. ed. rev.: 1439 1965	—	wfo-0000804415
Orchis chinensis	Soó	Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 349, in syn. 1929		wfo-0001223376
Orchis choirokitiana	Kreutz & Scraton	J. Eur. Orch. 34: 816 (2002)		wfo-0000480911
Orchis christii	G.Keller	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 194 (1932)		wfo-0000259054
Orchis cicadaria	Noronha	Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 21. 1790		wfo-0001223396
Orchis commutatus	Tod.	Orch. Sic. 24 1842	—	wfo-0001088331
Orchis cordigera f. macrobracteata	(Schur) Paucă	Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 701. 1972		wfo-0000259102
Orchis cordigera f. rivularis	(Hueff.) Paucă	Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 702. 1972		wfo-0000259104
Orchis cortesii	Zodda	Webbia 13: 234 (1957)		wfo-0000259128
Orchis cuprina	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 645, sphalm. 1866 [Apr-Jun 1866]		wfo-0001223560
Orchis curtipes	Ohwi	Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo , n.s., 1(1): 1 (1954)		wfo-0000259144
Orchis curvifolia	Nyl.	Spicil. Pl. Fennic. 2: 12. n. 25	—	wfo-0001088524
Orchis darcisii	Murray	Fl. Tirol 6(1): 505 1906	—	wfo-0001088547
Orchis darcissii	Murr	Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol vi. I. 505 (1906).		wfo-0001354792
Orchis deflexa	Ehrenb. ex Soó	Bot. Arch. 23: 56, in syn. 1928		wfo-0001223584
Orchis diktaea	A.Alibertis	Orchidophile (Paris) 55(3): 265 2024		wfo-1000076081
Orchis doellii	W.Zimm.	Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 22: 51 (1916)		wfo-0000259175
Orchis dolicheilos	(Döll) Maus	Mitt. Bad. Bot. Vereins 1892: 9 (1892)		wfo-0000838162
Orchis echneumononea	Sw.	Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 207 1800	—	wfo-0001241847
Orchis elatior	Fr.	Summa Veg. Scand. (Fries) 61, 217.		wfo-1200107613
Orchis elisabethae	G.Keller ex G.Keller & Soó	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 190, in syn. 1932		wfo-0001221752
Orchis elsarocchiae	Archamb.	Orchidophile (Deuil-la-Barre) 68: 900 (1985)		wfo-0000838166
Orchis epidendroides	Willemet	Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 53 (1796)		wfo-0000259221
Orchis gelmiana	Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Fl. Tirol 6(1): 509 (1906)		wfo-0000259289
Orchis gennarii subsp. kusadasiensis	B.Baumann & H.Baumann	J. Eur. Orch. 37: 961 (2005)		wfo-0001404647
Orchis gennarii subsp. orientecaucasica	B.Baumann, H.Baumann, R.Lorenz & Ruedi Peter	J. Eur. Orch. 35: 192 (2003)		wfo-0001404649
Orchis gennarii var. subpapilionacea	R.Lopes	Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2.A, 54: 306		wfo-2800004188
Orchis gracilis	Höppner	Sitzungsber. Niederrhein. Ges. Natur- Heilk. Bonn 1926D: 14 (1927)		wfo-0001221975
Orchis gracilis	Höppner ex G.Keller & Soó	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. B 2: 252 1933	—	wfo-0001221968
Orchis graminifolia var. chidori	(Makino) M.Hiroe	Orchid Flowers 2: 51 (1971)		wfo-0000259317
Orchis graminifolia var. kurokamiana	(Hatus. & Ohwi) Ohwi	Fl. Jap. , ed. rev.: 1439 (1965)		wfo-0000804416
Orchis hepburnii	Druce	Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 211		wfo-0000259348
Orchis heraclea	Verg.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 602 (1908)		wfo-0000259349
Orchis holocheilos	G.Keller & Soó	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 228. 1933		wfo-0001222166
Orchis incarnata lus. hybrida	Höppner	Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 270 (1924 publ. 1925)	—	wfo-1200071050
Orchis incarnata subsp. durandii	(Boiss. & Reut.) Gand.	Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur. 461 1910	—	wfo-0001033608
Orchis incarnata subsp. integrata	E.G.Camus	Vadem. Herb. Paris , ed. 6: 325 (1891)	—	wfo-0000918348
Orchis incarnata var. integrata	E.G.Camus	Vadem. Herb. Paris ed. 6: 325 1891	—	wfo-0000259400
Orchis incarnata var. koschyi	Rchb.f.	–	—	wfo-0001241848
Orchis incarnata var. serotina	Hausskn.	Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Thuringen Jena 2: 220 1885	—	wfo-0001033609
Orchis instabilis	G.Keller ex G.Keller & Soó	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 252, in syn. 1933		wfo-0001222305
Orchis insularis	Sommier ex Martelli	Monocot. Sardoae Fasc. 1, 58 (1896).		wfo-0001222310
Orchis kabyliensis var. rassautae	Alleiz.	–	—	wfo-0001241849
Orchis kallithea	E.Klein	Orchidee (Hamburg) 24: 210 (1973)		wfo-0000914808
Orchis kamtschatica	Ledeb.	Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 4(12): 63. 1852 [Apr 1852]		wfo-0001222414
Orchis kaspari	Domin & Podp.	Klic K Ulpne Kvetene Rep. Ceskoslov. : 796 (1928)		wfo-0000259444
Orchis kelleriana	Cif. & Giacom.	Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 163 (1950)		wfo-0000259448
Orchis krylowi	Soó	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 211 (1933)		wfo-0001088527
Orchis kungii	TANG & WANG	Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 2: 149 1934	—	wfo-0001227866
Orchis kurokamiana	Hatus. & Ohwi	J. Jap. Bot. 19: 293 (1943)		wfo-0000259465
Orchis lanceolata	A.Dietr.	Fl. March. 807 (Index) sphalm.		wfo-0001222567
Orchis lancibractea	Grossh.	Fl. Kavkaza [Grossheim] 1: 269. 1928; Nevski in Komarov, Fl. URSS, iv. 708 (1935), in syn.		wfo-0001222573
Orchis lapponica	Laest. ex Rchb.f.	Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. (H.G.L. Reichenbach) 13/14: 59. [1850-1851]		wfo-0001088549
Orchis lata	Walter	Fl. Carol. : 220 (1788)		wfo-0000259479
Orchis latifolia var. ambigua	(Martrin-Donos) Rouy	Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 151 (1912)		wfo-1200105962
Orchis latifolia var. eborensis	Godfery	Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 2: 220 1885		wfo-0000259487
Orchis latifolia var. lapponica	(Laest. ex Hartm.) Laest. ex Rchb.f.	Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 59 1851	—	wfo-0000259494
Orchis lindackeri	Sieber ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 224 (Quid ?).		wfo-0001222698
Orchis maculana	Cif. & Giacom.	Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 163 (1950)		wfo-0000259554
Orchis maculata subsp. elodes	(Griseb.) O.Bolòs & Vigo	Fl. Països Catalans 4: 629 (2001).		wfo-0000481003
Orchis maculata subsp. elodes	P.Fourn.	Quatre Fl. France 206 1935		wfo-1200101276
Orchis maculata subsp. meyeri	(Rchb.) O.Bolòs & Vigo	Fl. Països Catalans 4: 629 (2001).		wfo-0000481009
Orchis maculata var. oreophila	Briq.	Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 371 1912	—	wfo-0000920048
Orchis majalis subsp. occidentalis	(Pugsley) Pugsley	Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 148: 124 1936	—	wfo-0001038703
Orchis masteineri	Cif. & Giacom.	Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 164 (1950)		wfo-0000621376
Orchis membranacea	Afzel. ex Sw.	Neues J. Bot. 1: 22 (1805)		wfo-0000259641
Orchis monticaula	K.Richt.	Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 220 (1888)		wfo-0000259666
Orchis morii	Makino	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 14: (184) 1900	—	wfo-0001227867