Orchid genera are the genera of the orchid family Orchidaceae, which the Tree of Life ranks among the two largest families of flowering plants, ahead of the legume family. GBIF places it in the order Asparagales and lists its genera on its first page of children. The largest by descendant taxa are Bulbophyllum with about 2,757, Dendrobium with about 2,328, Epidendrum with about 2,181, Lepanthes with about 1,281, Habenaria with about 1,141, Maxillaria with about 870 and Coelogyne with about 816.
All Orchid Genera (Orchidaceae)
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Orchidaceae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Orchidaceae
"canonicalName":"Bulbophyllum","authorship":"Thouars","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Hist. Orchid.: t. 3 (1822)","numDescendants":2757
Children of Orchidaceae: Dendrobium
"canonicalName":"Dendrobium","authorship":"Sw.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 82 (1799)","numDescendants":2328
Children of Orchidaceae: Epidendrum
"canonicalName":"Epidendrum","vernacularName":"Star Orchid","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 1347 (1763)","numDescendants":2181
Children of Orchidaceae: Lepanthes
"canonicalName":"Lepanthes","vernacularName":"Babyboot Orchid","authorship":"Sw.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 85 (1799)","numDescendants":1281
Children of Orchidaceae: Habenaria
"canonicalName":"Habenaria","vernacularName":"Bog Orchid","authorship":"Willd.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 44 (1805)","numDescendants":1141
Children of Orchidaceae: Maxillaria
"canonicalName":"Maxillaria","vernacularName":"Tiger Orchid","authorship":"Ruiz & Pav.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 116 (1794)","numDescendants":870
Children of Orchidaceae: Coelogyne
"canonicalName":"Coelogyne","authorship":"Lindl.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Coll. Bot.: t. 33 (1824)","numDescendants":816
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is the third largest family of angiosperms after Orchidaceae (orchids) and Asteraceae
Wikipedia: Orchis
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Orchis is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), occurring mainly in Europe and Northwest Africa, and ranging as far as Tibet, Mongolia, and Xinjiang.
Wikipedia: Dendrobium
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Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae.
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