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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Malaxis

Hierarchical position of the Genus Malaxis

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Orchidales Raf. pub. Anal. Nat.: 197. Apr-Jul 1815.       Subordo  Orchidineae Rchb. pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: xxxviii. Jul 1841.       Familia  Orchidaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Orchids       Subfamilia  Malaxidoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 461. Jun 1835.    Tribus  Malaxideae Lindl. pub. Collect. Bot. 8: 7. Jan 1826.    Subtribus  Malaxidinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 463, 465. 14 Apr 1883.    Genus  Malaxis Sol. ex Sw. pub. (1788) common name: adder's-mouth orchid

Named members of the Genus Malaxis

1	Species  bayardii Fern. common name: Bayard's adder's-mouth orchid
2	Species  brachypoda (Gray) Fern. common name: white adder's-mouth orchid
3	Species  corymbosa (S. Wats.) Kuntze common name: Huachuca Mountain adder's-mouth orchid
4	Species  diphyllos Cham. common name: Aleutian adder's-mouth orchid
5	Species  ehrenbergii (Reichenb. f.) Kuntze common name: Ehrenberg's adder's-mouth orchid
6	Species  floridana (Chapman) Kuntze syn. Malaxis spicata
7	Species  macrostachya (Lex.) Kuntze common name: Chiricahua adder's-mouth orchid
8	Species  major (Reichenb. f.) L�on ex A.D. Hawkes common name: royal adder's-mouth orchid
9	Species  massonii (Ridley) Kuntze
10	Species  monophyllos (L.) Sw.
	11    Subspecies  brachypoda (Gray) A.& D. L�ve syn. Malaxis brachypoda 12    Varietas  brachypoda (Gray) F. Morris & Eames syn. Malaxis brachypoda 13    Varietas  diphyllos (Cham.) Luer syn. Malaxis diphyllos
14	Species  paludosa (L.) Sw. common name: bog adder's-mouth orchid
15	Species  porphyrea (Ridley) Kuntze
16	Species  soulei L.O. Williams syn. Malaxis macrostachya
17	Species  spicata Sw. common name: Florida adder's-mouth orchid
18	Species  tenuis (S. Wats.) Ames common name: Arizona adder's-mouth orchid
19	Species  unifolia Michx. common name: green adder's-mouth orchid
20	Species  wendtii Salazar common name: Wendt's adder's-mouth orchid

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.