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Genus Phalaenopsis Blume

Summary

Genus number:

9209

Last updated:

10 November 2015

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Tribe:

Vandeae

Accession count:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Comments:

all accepted species are in GRIN

List of species records in GRIN

Synonyms

Synonym(s)

Sedirea Garay & H. R. Sweet
Polychilos Breda
Stauroglottis Schauer
Grafia A. D. Hawkes
Polystylus Hasselt ex Hassk.
Stauritis Rchb. f.
Synadena Raf.
Kingiella Rolfe
×Doritaenopsis Guillaumin
Grussia M. Wolff
Hygrochilus Pfitzer
Lesliea Seidenf.
Nothodoritis Z. H. Tsi
Ornithochilus (Lindl.) Wall. ex Benth. & Hook. f.

Probable synonym(s)

Kingidium P. F. Hunt
Doritis Lindl.

Subdivisions of Phalaenopsis Blume

Subgenus	Section
Hygrochilus
Ornithochilus
Parishianae
Parishianae	Aphyllae
Parishianae	Deliciosae
Parishianae	Esmeralda
Parishianae	Parishianae
Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis	Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis	Polychilos

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References:

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=9209. Accessed 10 June 2026.