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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Ponera Lindl.

This genus name was first published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 113 (1831)

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-4000030892.

Literature

Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 113. 1831 [Aug 1831]

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Synonyms of Ponera

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Pseudoponera	Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 8(29-32): 475 (1976)		wfo-4000031642

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Ponera calva	Kraenzl.	Not listed in IK.	—	wfo-0001089051
Ponera inconspicua	Lodd. ex W.H.Baxter	Suppl. Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 616 (Quid ?). 1850 ; third additional suppl. to Loudon's Hortus Britannicus published in new ed. [4], cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. iii.'.		wfo-0001089052
Ponera jelskyi	Cogn.	Not listed in IK.	—	wfo-0001089053