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The genus Orchis is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Orchis

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Orchis adenocheila Czerniak.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × adriatica Soó	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × adulterina E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × alfredi-fuchsii Soó	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × algeriensis B.Baumann & H.Baumann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis altissima Ham. ex Hook. f.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × amsittenii Hautz.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis anatolica Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × angusticruris Franch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis anthropomorpha Steud.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis anthropophora (L.) All.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × apollinaris W.Rossi & al.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × approximata Rouy	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × aquitaniensis G.Keller & Jeanj.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × arbostii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × argentarii G.Keller	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × aurunca W.Rossi & Minut.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × austriaca A.Kern.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis balcanica Velen.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × bassoulsii Balayer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × bergonii Nanteuil	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × beyrichii (Rchb.f.) A.Kern.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis beyrichii Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × bispuria G. Keller	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × bispurium (G.Keller) H.Kretzschmar, Eccarius & H.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × bivonae Tod.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × blidana B. Baumann & H. Baumann	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × bonnieriana E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × bornemanni Asch.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × bornemanniana Asch. ex Nyman	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × boudieri E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis brancifortii Biv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis brevicornu Viv.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × brochoni Jeanj.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × buelii Wildh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × bugarachensis J.Claess. & J.M.Lewin	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × burolletiana Maire	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × caballeroi Rivas Goday	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × caesii De Angelis & Fumanti	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis calcarata Walter	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × calliantha Renz & Taubenheim	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × camusii Duffort	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × canutii K.Richt.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × capitata E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis cataphracta Sieber ex Steud.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis celakovskyi Röhl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × celtiberica Pau	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × cerii Guadagno	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × chabalensis B.Baumann & al.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × chassagnei Alleiz.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × chatinii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × chenevardii M.Schulze	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis chinensis Soó	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × christii G.Keller	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis cicadaria E.A. Noronha	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × colemanii Cortesi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis commutatus Tod.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × cortesii Zodda	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × cortesii E.G.Camus & A.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis cortesii E.G. Camus	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis cuprina Schur	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × curtisii Druce	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × danguyana P.Fourn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × darcisii Murray	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × darcissii Murr ex Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × debeauxii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × decipiens E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis deflexa Ehreno. ex Soo	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × devalonii Cif. & Giacom.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × digenea Tourlet	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis doellii W.Zimm.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × dolicheilos (Döll) Maus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × dominiana E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × durandii C.Bernard & al.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis echneumononea Sw.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × ehdenica Kreutz	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × eichenfeldtii Beck	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis elisahethae G. Keller ex G. Keller & Soó	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × elsarocchiae Archamb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis epidendroides Willemet	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × erythrantha Beck	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × fallax (De Not.) Willk.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × farquetii G.Keller	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis ferrieana Kraenzl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × fitzii Hautz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × franchetii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × franzonii M.Schulze	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis galilaea (Bornm. & M.Schulze) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × gelmiana Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis genevensis Chenev.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × genovae Hautz.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × golestanica Renz	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × gracilis Höppner ex G. Keller & Soó	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × gracilis Höppner	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × grenieri E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × guestphalica K.Richt.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × guffroyi P.Fourn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × heraclea Verg.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × hermaniana C.Alibertis & A.Alibertis	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis holocheilos G. Keller & Soó	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × huteri M.Schulze	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × hybrida (Lindl.) Boenn. ex Rchb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis imbricata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis instabilis G. Keller ex G. Keller & Soó	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis italica Poir.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis jaccardi Chenev.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × jaccardii Chenevard	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × jeanpertii E.G.Camus & Luizet	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × kallithea E.Klein	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis kamtschatica Ledeb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × kasparii Domin & Podp.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × kelleriana Ugr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis kelleriana Ugr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × klopfensteiniae P.Delforge	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × kretzschmariorum B.Baumann & H.Baumann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × krylovii Soó	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis kungii TANG & WANG	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × ladurneri Murr	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis laeta Steinh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × lamarquei G.Keller & Jeanj.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis lanceolata A. Dietr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis lancibractea Grossh.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis lata Walter	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × lauzensis Balayer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × leguei E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × ligustica Ruppert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis lindackeri Sieber ex Steud.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × litardierei Ruppert & Lebrun	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis lloydianiformis G.Keller & Jeanj.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × loreziana Brügger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × lucensis Antonetti & Bertolini	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × luciae Royer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × luizetiana E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × mackaensis Kreutz	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × macra Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × maculana Cif. & Giacom.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × magyari Soó	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis mascula (L.) L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	4
Orchis × masteineri Cif. & Giacom.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis membranacea Afzel. ex Sw.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis militaris L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Orchis × monticaula K.Richt.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis morii Makino	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × navarrensis Amard.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × neglecta E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × neogennarii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis obsoleta Muhl. ex Willd.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis olbiensis Reut. ex Gren.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis olida Bréb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × palanchonii G.Foelsche & W.Foelsche	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis pallens L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis parasitica Willemet	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis parvifolia Chaub.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × paschae Hautz.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis patens Desf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Orchis pauciflora Ten.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × pedemontana Gsell	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × peltieri G.Keller	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × penzigiana A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × permixta Soó	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × perretii K.Richt.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × petterssonii G.Keller ex Pett.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis picta Raf.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis piramidalis Neck.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × plessidiaca Renz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × propinqua E.G.Camus & Bergon	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis provincialis Balb. ex Lam. & DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × pseudoanatolica H.Fleischm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis pseudoapifera Caldesi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis pseudofragrans Nevski	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis pseudoparviflora Ugr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × pseudopicta Cortesi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × pseudotraunsteineri A.Fuchs	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23	4
Orchis psychodes Muhl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis punctulata Steven ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × purpurea E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis purpurea Huds.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Orchis quadripunctata Cirillo ex Ten.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × rassautae (Alleiz.) Alleiz.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × ravellensis Gsell	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × reginae Leibbach & Ruedi Peter	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × reinhardii Ugr. ex E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × reserata Pau	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis resupinata Naumb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis resupinata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis richardi Tratt. ex Steud.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × richardiorum Soca	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis roborowskii Maxim.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × robsonii Druce	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × romanallens Cif. & Giacom.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × rosea Arv.-Touv.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis rosea Arv.-Touv.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × rouyana E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis rouyana A. Camus	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × ruperconchae Rivas Goday	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis sacciferoides Klinge ex Gand.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × salkowskiana C.Alibertis & A.Alibertis	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × sardoa (Scrugli & M.P.Grasso) Scrugli, A.Musacchio, D'Emerico, Pellegrino & Cozz	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × schulzii Hausskn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × semichampagneuxii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × serraniana P.Delforge	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × sezikiana B.Baumann & H.Baumann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis simia Lam.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Orchis sitiaca (Renz) P.Delforge	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × sphagnicola Höppner ex G. Keller & Soó	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × sphagnicola Höppner	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis spicata W. Young	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis spitzelii Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Orchis × spuria Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis stercoraria E.A. Noronha	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × stevenii Rchb. f.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × suckowii Kümpel	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × surensis Gsell	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis suzannae F. Heyne ex Hook. f.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × thriftiensis Renz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × timbaliana E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis tingitana Dur.-Duq. ex G. Keller & Soó	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × tingitania Hautz.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × tochniana Kreutz & Scraton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × tommasinii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × tremezzinae G.Keller	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis triantha Schltr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis troodi (Renz) P.Delforge	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis tschiebozi G. Keller	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis turcestanica Klinge	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × uechtritziana Hausskn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × ugrinskyana Soó	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × ullmanii P.M.Hall	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis urvillei Steud.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis vaginata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis valoni Rouy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × valonii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × vilmsii E.G. Camus	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis viride-fusca Albov	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × weddeli K. Richt.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orchis × weddellii Franch.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × wildhaberi H.R.Reinhard	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × willingiorum B.Baumann & H.Baumann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × wulffiana Soó	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis × yvesii Verg.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Orchis zahlensis Boul.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 453 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Orchis. Of these 61 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 221 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Orchis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 453 species names for the genus Orchis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	61	13.5%
◕	Synonym	212	46.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	180	39.7%

All names

The status of the 674 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Orchis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	71	10.5%
◕	Synonym	422	62.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	181	26.9%

Of the species names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 9 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 3 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 453 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Orchis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	56	170	0	0	226	49.9%
	Medium confidence	5	4	0	0	9	2.0%
	Low confidence	0	38	0	180	218	48.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Orchis is as follows: