As classified in WFO snapshot
December 2024
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Orchis
At the time of this classification snapshot, this name was deprecated by WFO (it isn't possible to place this name in the taxonomy – do not use).
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 | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 193 (1932) | wfo-0000258884 | ||
| Orchis adulterina | in Morot, Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 32. | wfo-0000258885 | ||
| Orchis albuferensis | Taxon 53:53. 2004 from basionym reference | wfo-0001356239 | ||
| Orchis alpestre | Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 8(4): 140. 1975 | wfo-0001223032 | ||
| Orchis alpestris | 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 | Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(17): 137. 1890 [Dec 1890] | wfo-0001223060 | ||
| Orchis anatolica subsp. albiflora | Int. J. Bot. Stud. 2(6): 223 2017 | wfo-1200073341 | ||
| Orchis anatolica subsp. troodi | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 209 (1929) | wfo-0000258918 | ||
| Orchis angustifolia f. robustior | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(2): 83 1899 | — | wfo-0000480753 | |
| Orchis angustifolia f. spathulata | – | – | — | wfo-1200065696 |
| Orchis angustifolia subsp. pycnantha | – | — | wfo-0001033606 | |
| Orchis angustifolia var. lapponica | – | — | wfo-0001088528 | |
| Orchis anthropomorpha | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 567. 1821 | wfo-0001223099 | ||
| Orchis anthropophora var. flavescens | Flora Montiber. 82: 143. 2022 [21 Jan 2022] [epublished] | wfo-1200029815 | ||
| Orchis aquitaniensis | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 89(Proc.-Verb.): 41 (1937) | wfo-0000838139 | ||
| Orchis argentarii | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 154 (1932) | wfo-0000258939 | ||
| Orchis balcanica | Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1889(2): 53 (1890) | wfo-0000258950 | ||
| Orchis beyrichii | Fl. Tirol 6(1): 508. 1906 | wfo-0001223174 | ||
| Orchis bispuria | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 113, nomen alternativ. 1931 | wfo-0001223191 | ||
| Orchis bonnieriana | J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 416 (1892) | wfo-0000258983 | ||
| Orchis bornemanniae | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 15: 70 (1865) | wfo-0000258984 | ||
| Orchis bornemanniana | Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(1): 292, sphalm. 1889 [1-15 Dec 1889] | wfo-0001223218 | ||
| Orchis brevicornu | Fl. Ital. Fragm. 11. t. 12. f. 2. 1808 | wfo-0001223242 | ||
| Orchis brochoni | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 88: Proc. Verb. 120, gallice. 1936 | wfo-0001223246 | ||
| Orchis caballeroi | Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6(2): 517. 1946 | wfo-0001223272 | ||
| Orchis calcarata | Fl. Carol. : 220 (1788) | wfo-0000259012 | ||
| Orchis canuti | Pl. Eur. 1: 272 1890 | wfo-0000259022 | ||
| Orchis capitata | in Morot, Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 33. | wfo-0000259023 | ||
| Orchis cataphracta | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 569. 1821 [Apr 1821] ; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 (Steudel). 2: 223. 1841. | wfo-0001223327 | ||
| Orchis chenevardii | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 48: 53 (1898) | wfo-0000621768 | ||
| Orchis chidori | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 88 (1919) | wfo-0000259049 | ||
| Orchis chidori var. curtipes | Fl. Jap. , ed. rev.: 1439 (1965) | wfo-1200018799 | ||
| Orchis chidorii var. curtipes | Fl. Jap. ed. rev.: 1439 1965 | — | wfo-0000804415 | |
| Orchis chinensis | Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 349, in syn. 1929 | wfo-0001223376 | ||
| Orchis choirokitiana | J. Eur. Orch. 34: 816 (2002) | wfo-0000480911 | ||
| Orchis christii | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 194 (1932) | wfo-0000259054 | ||
| Orchis cicadaria | Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 21. 1790 | wfo-0001223396 | ||
| Orchis commutatus | Orch. Sic. 24 1842 | — | wfo-0001088331 | |
| Orchis cordigera f. macrobracteata | Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 701. 1972 | wfo-0000259102 | ||
| Orchis cordigera f. rivularis | Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 702. 1972 | wfo-0000259104 | ||
| Orchis cortesii | Webbia 13: 234 (1957) | wfo-0000259128 | ||
| Orchis cuprina | Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 645, sphalm. 1866 [Apr-Jun 1866] | wfo-0001223560 | ||
| Orchis curtipes | Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo , n.s., 1(1): 1 (1954) | wfo-0000259144 | ||
| Orchis curvifolia | Spicil. Pl. Fennic. 2: 12. n. 25 | — | wfo-0001088524 | |
| Orchis darcisii | Fl. Tirol 6(1): 505 1906 | — | wfo-0001088547 | |
| Orchis darcissii | Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol vi. I. 505 (1906). | wfo-0001354792 | ||
| Orchis deflexa | Bot. Arch. 23: 56, in syn. 1928 | wfo-0001223584 | ||
| Orchis diktaea | Orchidophile (Paris) 55(3): 265 2024 | wfo-1000076081 | ||
| Orchis doellii | Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 22: 51 (1916) | wfo-0000259175 | ||
| Orchis dolicheilos | Mitt. Bad. Bot. Vereins 1892: 9 (1892) | wfo-0000838162 | ||
| Orchis echneumononea | Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 207 1800 | — | wfo-0001241847 | |
| Orchis elatior | Summa Veg. Scand. (Fries) 61, 217. | wfo-1200107613 | ||
| Orchis elisabethae | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 190, in syn. 1932 | wfo-0001221752 | ||
| Orchis elsarocchiae | Orchidophile (Deuil-la-Barre) 68: 900 (1985) | wfo-0000838166 | ||
| Orchis epidendroides | Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 53 (1796) | wfo-0000259221 | ||
| Orchis gelmiana | Fl. Tirol 6(1): 509 (1906) | wfo-0000259289 | ||
| Orchis gennarii subsp. kusadasiensis | J. Eur. Orch. 37: 961 (2005) | wfo-0001404647 | ||
| Orchis gennarii subsp. orientecaucasica | J. Eur. Orch. 35: 192 (2003) | wfo-0001404649 | ||
| Orchis gennarii var. subpapilionacea | Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2.A, 54: 306 | wfo-2800004188 | ||
| Orchis gracilis | Sitzungsber. Niederrhein. Ges. Natur- Heilk. Bonn 1926D: 14 (1927) | wfo-0001221975 | ||
| Orchis gracilis | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. B 2: 252 1933 | — | wfo-0001221968 | |
| Orchis graminifolia var. chidori | Orchid Flowers 2: 51 (1971) | wfo-0000259317 | ||
| Orchis graminifolia var. kurokamiana | Fl. Jap. , ed. rev.: 1439 (1965) | wfo-0000804416 | ||
| Orchis hepburnii | Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 211 | wfo-0000259348 | ||
| Orchis heraclea | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 602 (1908) | wfo-0000259349 | ||
| Orchis holocheilos | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 228. 1933 | wfo-0001222166 | ||
| Orchis incarnata lus. hybrida | Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 270 (1924 publ. 1925) | — | wfo-1200071050 | |
| Orchis incarnata subsp. durandii | Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur. 461 1910 | — | wfo-0001033608 | |
| Orchis incarnata subsp. integrata | Vadem. Herb. Paris , ed. 6: 325 (1891) | — | wfo-0000918348 | |
| Orchis incarnata var. integrata | Vadem. Herb. Paris ed. 6: 325 1891 | — | wfo-0000259400 | |
| Orchis incarnata var. koschyi | – | — | wfo-0001241848 | |
| Orchis incarnata var. serotina | Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Thuringen Jena 2: 220 1885 | — | wfo-0001033609 | |
| Orchis instabilis | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 252, in syn. 1933 | wfo-0001222305 | ||
| Orchis insularis | Monocot. Sardoae Fasc. 1, 58 (1896). | wfo-0001222310 | ||
| Orchis kabyliensis var. rassautae | – | — | wfo-0001241849 | |
| Orchis kallithea | Orchidee (Hamburg) 24: 210 (1973) | wfo-0000914808 | ||
| Orchis kamtschatica | Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 4(12): 63. 1852 [Apr 1852] | wfo-0001222414 | ||
| Orchis kaspari | Klic K Ulpne Kvetene Rep. Ceskoslov. : 796 (1928) | wfo-0000259444 | ||
| Orchis kelleriana | Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 163 (1950) | wfo-0000259448 | ||
| Orchis krylowi | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 211 (1933) | wfo-0001088527 | ||
| Orchis kungii | Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 2: 149 1934 | — | wfo-0001227866 | |
| Orchis kurokamiana | J. Jap. Bot. 19: 293 (1943) | wfo-0000259465 | ||
| Orchis lanceolata | Fl. March. 807 (Index) sphalm. | wfo-0001222567 | ||
| Orchis lancibractea | Fl. Kavkaza [Grossheim] 1: 269. 1928; Nevski in Komarov, Fl. URSS, iv. 708 (1935), in syn. | wfo-0001222573 | ||
| Orchis lapponica | Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. (H.G.L. Reichenbach) 13/14: 59. [1850-1851] | wfo-0001088549 | ||
| Orchis lata | Fl. Carol. : 220 (1788) | wfo-0000259479 | ||
| Orchis latifolia var. ambigua | Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 151 (1912) | wfo-1200105962 | ||
| Orchis latifolia var. eborensis | Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 2: 220 1885 | wfo-0000259487 | ||
| Orchis latifolia var. lapponica | Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 59 1851 | — | wfo-0000259494 | |
| Orchis lindackeri | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 224 (Quid ?). | wfo-0001222698 | ||
| Orchis maculana | Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 163 (1950) | wfo-0000259554 | ||
| Orchis maculata subsp. elodes | Fl. Països Catalans 4: 629 (2001). | wfo-0000481003 | ||
| Orchis maculata subsp. elodes | Quatre Fl. France 206 1935 | wfo-1200101276 | ||
| Orchis maculata subsp. meyeri | Fl. Països Catalans 4: 629 (2001). | wfo-0000481009 | ||
| Orchis maculata var. oreophila | Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 371 1912 | — | wfo-0000920048 | |
| Orchis majalis subsp. occidentalis | Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 148: 124 1936 | — | wfo-0001038703 | |
| Orchis masteineri | Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 164 (1950) | wfo-0000621376 | ||
| Orchis membranacea | Neues J. Bot. 1(1): 22 (1805) | wfo-0000259641 | ||
| Orchis monticaula | Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 220 (1888) | wfo-0000259666 | ||
| Orchis morii | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 14: (184) 1900 | — | wfo-0001227867 | |
| Orchis nummiana | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 433 (1931) | wfo-0000259718 | ||
| Orchis orientecaucasica | J. Eur. Orch. 35: 192. 2003 from basionym reference | wfo-0001356237 | ||
| Orchis palustris var. dolicheilos | Exsicc. | wfo-0000838163 | ||
| Orchis parasitica | Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 53 (1796) | wfo-0000259792 | ||
| Orchis parciflora | Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 350, in syn. 1929 | wfo-0001223193 | ||
| Orchis parviflora | Fl. Agen. 369. 1821 from basionym reference | wfo-0001356235 | ||
| Orchis paschae | Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 81: 69 (1978) | wfo-0000259805 | ||
| Orchis pedemontana | Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.f., 74: 16 (1936) | wfo-0000259827 | ||
| Orchis peltieri | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 190 (1932) | wfo-0000259829 | ||
| Orchis piramidalis | Delic. Gallo-Belg. ii. 371. | wfo-0001223280 | ||
| Orchis pseudo-traunsteineri | 1919 | — | wfo-0001223338 | |
| Orchis pseudofragrans | Fl. URSS 4: 682 (1935) | wfo-0000259874 | ||
| Orchis pseudoparviflora | Trudy Obshch. Isp. Prir. Imp. Khar'kovsk. Univ. 46: 150 (1913) | wfo-0000259879 | ||
| Orchis pseudopicta | Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 244 (1915) | wfo-0000259880 | ||
| Orchis psychodes | Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 80. 1813 | wfo-0001223361 | ||
| Orchis purpurea | in Morot, Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 32. vi. (1892) 32. | wfo-0000259903 | ||
| Orchis ravellensis | Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 51: 306 (1941) | wfo-0000259921 | ||
| Orchis resupinata | Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 2: 238 (1799) | wfo-0000259932 | ||
| Orchis resupinata | Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 200 (1894) | wfo-0000259933 | ||
| Orchis richardii | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 224. | wfo-0001223466 | ||
| Orchis romanallens | Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 164 (1950) | wfo-0000621387 | ||
| Orchis rosea | Diagn. Sp. Nov. : 63 (1871) | wfo-0000259948 | ||
| Orchis rosea | Diagn. Sp. Nov. : 63 (1871) | wfo-0001223494 | ||
| Orchis ruperconchae | Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6(2): 518. 1946 | wfo-0001223518 | ||
| Orchis rupestre var. chidori | Unknown | — | wfo-0000259956 | |
| Orchis rupestris var. chidori | Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Hung. Bot. 26: 347 (1929) | wfo-1200018964 | ||
| Orchis sacciferoides | Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 462 (1910), nomen. | wfo-0001223543 | ||
| Orchis sauzaiana | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 37: 217 (1891) | wfo-0000259990 | ||
| Orchis scampstoni | Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 5: 53 | wfo-0000259992 | ||
| Orchis schulzii | Irmischia 1882: 32 (1882) | wfo-0000259997 | ||
| Orchis sesquipedalis var. angustifolia | Fl. Port. , ed. 2: 138 (1947) | — | wfo-1200065592 | |
| Orchis sphagnicola | in Fedde, Repert. Sonderbeih. A. ii. 252, 259 (1933). | wfo-0001221742 | ||
| Orchis spicata | Cat. Arbres, Arbustes & Pl. Herb. Am. 42 (1783), nomen. | wfo-0001221747 | ||
| Orchis steegeri | Sitzungsber. Niederrhein. Ges. Natur- Heilk. Bonn 1926D: 16 (1927) | wfo-0001221756 | ||
| Orchis stercoraria | Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 21. 1790 | wfo-0001221764 | ||
| Orchis subpapilionacea | Bol. Soc. Brot. 54:306. 1981 from basionym reference | wfo-0001356238 | ||
| Orchis subsect. Patentes | – | wfo-3000002861 | ||
| Orchis subsect. Tridentatae | – | wfo-3000002862 | ||
| Orchis surensis | Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.f., 74: 17 (1936) | wfo-0000260071 | ||
| Orchis suzannae | Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(17): 164, in syn. 1890 [Dec 1890] | wfo-0001221810 | ||
| Orchis tingitana | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 230. 1933 | wfo-0001221867 | ||
| Orchis tingitania | Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 115: 51 (1976) | wfo-0000260102 | ||
| Orchis tominagai | Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 8(4): 140. 1975 | wfo-0001221882 | ||
| Orchis tommasini | in Morot, Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 35. | wfo-0000260106 | ||
| Orchis traunsteineri f. gracilis | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 252. 1933 | wfo-0001325571 | ||
| Orchis traunsteineri var. serotina | Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 2: 220. 1885 | wfo-0000260111 | ||
| Orchis triantha | Not listed in IK. | — | wfo-0001088688 | |
| Orchis tschiebozi | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 196, in syn. 1932 | wfo-0001221919 | ||
| Orchis turcestanica | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada xvii. 1. 155, in clavi, 183 (1898). | wfo-0001221925 | ||
| Orchis urvillei | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 224, in syn. | wfo-0001221983 | ||
| Orchis vaginata | Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 199 (1894) | wfo-0000260150 | ||
| Orchis valoni | Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 176, hybr. 1912 [May 1912] | wfo-0001222000 | ||
| Orchis vilmsii | J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 355 1892 | — | wfo-0001222038 | |
| Orchis weddeli | Pl. Europ. i. (1890) 273 [an O. x Weddellii?]. | wfo-0001222097 | ||
| Orchis wildhaberi | Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 77: 110 (1967) | wfo-0000838164 | ||
| Orchis yunnanensis | Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 350, in syn. 1929 | wfo-0001222136 | ||
| Orchis yuukiana | Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 8: 140 (1975) | wfo-0001331274 | ||
| Orchis zahlensis | Fl. Lib.-Syr. 1: 417 (1936) | wfo-0000260184 |