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December 2021

Warning: older classification

genus

Phalaenopsis Blume

This genus name was first published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 294 (1825)

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-4000029085.

Literature

Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 7: 294. 1825 [20 Sep-7 Dec 1825]

Synonyms of Phalaenopsis

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Doritis	Lindl.	Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 178 (1833)	wfo-4000012443
Hygrochilus	Pfitzer	Nat. Pflanzenfam. , Nachtr. 1: 112 (1897)	wfo-4000018578
Kingidium	P.F.Hunt	Kew Bull. 24: 97 (1970)	wfo-4000020016
Nothodoritis	Z.H.Tsi	Acta Phytotax. Sin. 27: 58 (1989)	wfo-4000026274
Ornithochilus	(Wall. ex Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f.	Gen. Pl. 3: 478 (1883)	wfo-4000027185
Polychilos	Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt	Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 1: t. [1] (1828)	wfo-4000030712
Sedirea	Garay & H.R.Sweet	Orchids S. Ryukyu Is. : 149 (1974)	wfo-4000034938

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aurea	(auct.) Rolfe	Gard. Chron. n.s., 26: 212 1886	—	wfo-0000268141