Common Name : Orchid
Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the Orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots. It is currently believed to be the second largest family of flowering plants (only the Asteraceae is larger)
The complex mechanisms which orchids evolve to achieve cross-pollination were investigated by Charles Darwin and described in his 1862 book Fertilisation of Orchids.Distribution
Orchidaceae are cosmopolitan, occurring in almost every habitat apart from deserts and glaciers. The great majority are to be found in the tropics, mostly Asia, South America and Central America, but they are also found above the Arctic Circle, in southern Patagonia, and even two species of Nematoceras on Macquarie Island, close to Antarctica.
The following list gives a rough overview of their distribution:
tropical America: 250 to 270 genera
tropical Asia: 260 to 300 genera
tropical Africa: 230 to 270 genera
Oceania: 50 to 70 genera
Europe and temperate Asia: 40 to 60 genera
North America: 20 to 26 genera
The following are amongst the most notable genera of the orchid family:
Aa Abdominea Acampe
Acanthephippium Aceratorchis Acianthus
Acineta Acrorchis Ada
Aerangis Aeranthes Aerides
Aganisia Agrostophyllum Amitostigma
Anacamptis Ancistrochilus Angraecum
Anguloa Ansellia Aorchi
Aplectrum Arethusa Armodorum
Ascocenda Ascocentrum Ascoglossum
Australorchis Auxopus Baptistonia
Barbrodia Barkeria Barlia
Bartholina Beloglottis Biermannia
Bletilla Brassavola Brassia
Bulbophyllum Calypso Catasetum
Cattleya Cirrhopetalum Cleisostoma
Clowesia Coelogyne Coryanthes
Cymbidium Cyrtopodium Cypripedium
Dactylorhiza Dendrobium Disa
Dracula Encyclia Epidendrum
Eria Eulophia Gongora
Goodyera Grammatophyllum Gymnadenia
Habenaria Herschelia Laelia
Lepanthes Liparis Ludisia
Lycaste Masdevallia Maxillaria
Meliorchis Mexipedium Miltonia
Mormodes Odontoglossum Oeceoclades
Oncidium Ophrys Orchis
Paphiopedilum Paraphalaenopsis Peristeria
Phaius Phalaenopsis Pholidota
Phragmipedium Platanthera Pleione
Pleurothallis Promenaea Pterostylis
Renanthera Renantherella Restrepia
Restrepiella Rhynchostylis Roezliella
Saccolabium Sarcochilus Satyrium
Selenipedium Serapias Sophronitis
Spiranthes Stanhopea Stelis
Thrixspermum Tolumnia Trias (genus)
Trichocentrum Trichoglottis Vanda
Vanilla Zeuxine Zygopetalum
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