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March 2019

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genus

Polystachya Hook.

This genus name was first published in Exot. Fl. 2: t. 103 (1824)  

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-4000030825.

Synonyms of Polystachya

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dendrorchis Thouars Hist. Orchid. 1822. wfo-4000011110

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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 Polystachya:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya ceratistes Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 43 1926 wfo-0000280304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya comigera Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 32: 155 155 1924 wfo-0001221805
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya epidendroides Schltr. Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 160 160 1922 wfo-0001221835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya fanorum Schltr. Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 53 53 1922 wfo-0001221851
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya kerstingii Schltr. ex Mansf. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 68: 10 t. 58 f. 231 10 t. 58 f. 231 1932 wfo-0001221887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya quinqueloba Klinge Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(1): 141 1898 wfo-0000280595
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sabulosa Schltr. ex Engl. Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 2: 409 409 1908 wfo-0001222149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya virgata Schltr. Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 10 10 1922 wfo-0001222293