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Orchidaceae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64. 1789 [4 Aug 1789]

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Asparagales
family
Orchidaceae

Name

Synonyms
Apostasiaceae
Cypripediaceae
Limodoraceae
Liparidaceae
Neottiaceae
Neuwiediaceae
Ophrydaceae
Pycnanthaceae
Vanillaceae
Homonyms
Orchidaceae
Common names
'Okika in language.
Anggrek in Indonesian
Anggrèk in Javanese
Brönugrasaætt in Icelandic
Gegužraibiniai in Lithuanian
Gøgeurtfamilien in Danish
Họ Lan in Vietnamese
Inkill in Quechua
Kosborfélék in Hungarian
Kukavičevke in Slovenian
Käpalised in Estonian
Magairlín in Irish
Orchid in English
Orchid Family in English
Orchid Family in English
Orchidacee in Italian
Orchidacées in French
Orchidacées in French
Orchidacées in French
Orchidacées in French
Orchidee in Italian
Orchideen in German
Orchideen in German
Orchideengewächse in German
Orchideengewächse in German
Orchideeën in Dutch
Orchids in English
Orchids in English
Orchids in English
Orgidee-familie in Afrikaans
Orgideë in Afrikaans
Orhideje in Croatian
Orkidacoj in Esperanto
Orkide in Malagasy
Orkidéfamilien in Danish
Orkidéfamilien in Danish
Orquídeas in Spanish
Orquídies in Catalan–Valencian
Salepgiller in Turkish
Storczykowate in Polish
Tamanakuna in Guarani
Tegeirian in Welsh
Vstavačovité in Czech
geapmanšattut in Northern Sami
kämmekkäkasvit in Finnish
kämmekkäkasvit in Finnish
orchid family in English
orchid family in language.
orchid family in English
orchideeënfamilie in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(2): 105-121. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2026) Plants of the World Online
  5. Chase, Cameron, Freudenstein, Pridgeon, Salazar, Berg & Schuiteman (2015) An updated classification of Orchidaceae
  6. Chase, Christenhusz, Fay, Byng, Judd, Soltis, Mabberley, Sennikov, Soltis & Stevens (2016) An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV
  7. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789.
  8. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  9. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Reveal & Chase (2011) APG III: Bibliographical Information and Synonymy of Magnoliidae
  12. Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html.
  13. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria & The Australian National Herbarium (2026) International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
  14. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
  15. de Jussieu (1789) Genera plantarum
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