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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.

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Synonyms of Polystachya

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dendrobianthe (Schltr.) Mytnik Richardiana 8: 24 (2008) wfo-4000011059
Dendrorchis Thouars ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) wfo-4000011110
Dendrorkis Thouars Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809) wfo-4000011111
Disperanthoceros Mytnik & Szlach. Richardiana 7: 65 (2007) wfo-4000012182
Epiphora Lindl. Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 201 (1837) wfo-4000013622
Epiphorella Mytnik & Szlach. Richardiana 8: 13 (2008) wfo-4000013623
Geerinckia Mytnik & Szlach. Richardiana 7: 62 (2007) wfo-4000015436
Isochilostachya Mytnik & Szlach. Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae 80: 80 (2011) wfo-4000019259
Neobenthamia Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 10: 272 (1891) wfo-4000025614
Neoburttia Mytnik, Szlach. & Baranow Polish Bot. J. 56: 46 (2011) wfo-4000025631
Szlachetkoella Mytnik Richardiana 7: 57 (2007) wfo-4000037384
Unguiculabia Mytnik & Szlach. Richardiana 8: 19 (2008) wfo-4000039768
Chelystachya Mytnik & Szlach. Biodivers. Res. Conservation 23: 17 (2011) wfo-4000046131
Nienokuea A.Chev. Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 220: 634 (1945) wfo-4100003177

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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 acutifolia Lindl. ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 659. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001221757
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 1924 — wfo-0001221805
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya epidendroides Schltr. Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 160, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922] wfo-0001221835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya fanorum Schltr. Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 53, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 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, fig. 231, sine descr. 1932 wfo-0001221887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya nguruensis P.J.Cribb & Hemp Lankesteriana 23(3): 586 2023 wfo-1000061048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya oligantha Schltr. Wiss. Erg. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. : 180 (1922) wfo-0000280541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sabulosa Schltr. ex Engl. Veg. Erde [Engler] 9(2): 409, nomen. 1908 [Pflanzenw. Afr.] wfo-0001222149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sect. Affines Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 93. 1926 [1 May 1926] wfo-1000041178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sect. Calluniflorae Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 27. 1926 [1 May 1926] wfo-1000041182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sect. Caulescentes Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 11. 1926 [1 May 1926] wfo-1000041180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sect. Cultriformes Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 106. 1926 wfo-1000041179
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sect. Elasticae Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 24. 1926 [1 May 1926] wfo-1000041177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sect. Polystachya – – — wfo-1000040908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya sect. Superpositae Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 100. 1926 [1 May 1926] wfo-1000041181
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polystachya virgata Schltr. Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 10, nomen. 1922 [Feb-Jun 1922] wfo-0001222293