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Malaxis

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Malaxis

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Malaxis abieticola Salazar & Soto Arenas Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis acianthoides (Schltr.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis adolphii (Schltr.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis alamaganensis S.Kobay. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis alvaroi García-Cruz, R.Jiménez & L.Sánchez Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis amabilis (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Wood Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis andersoniana R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis andersonii (Ridl.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis andicola (Ridl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis apiculata Dod Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis arboricola P.O'Byrne Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis aurea Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis auriculata P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis bayardii Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis boliviana (Schltr.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis boninensis (Koidz.) K.Nackej. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis brachyrrhynchos (Rchb.f.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis brachystachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis brevis Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis buchtienii (Schltr.) Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis bulusanensis Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis calcicola P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis cardiophylla (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis carnosa (Kunth) C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis casillasii R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis chamaeorchis (Schltr.) Seidenf. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis chevalieri Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis chica Todzia Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis cipoensis F.Barros Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis contrerasii R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis crassidens (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis crassilabris (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis crispifolia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis cumbensis Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis densiflora (A.Rich.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis discolor (Lindl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis domingensis Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis ehrenbergii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis elegans (Ridl.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis elviae R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis excavata (Lindl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis fastigiata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis foliosa W.Kittr. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis gibbsiae (J.J.Sm.) P.F.Hunt Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis greenwoodiana Salazar & Soto Arenas Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis hagsateri Salazar Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis hahajimensis S.Kobay. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis hieronymi (Cogn.) L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis hintonii Todzia Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis hispaniolae (Schltr.) L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis histionantha (Link) Garay & Dunst. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis hoi P.O'Byrne Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis hoppii (Schltr.) Løjtnant Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis horielensis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis incurviforceps (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis insperata Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis intermedia (A.Rich.) Seidenf. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis iwashinae T.Yukawa & T.Hashim. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis jaraguae (Hoehne & Schltr.) Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis javesiae (Rchb.f.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis johniana (Schltr.) Foldats Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis katangensis Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis keysseri (Mansf.) W.Kittr. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis labrosa (Rchb.f.) Acuña Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis laciniosa (Ridl.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis lagotis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis leonardii Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis lepanthiflora (Schltr.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis lepidota (Finet) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis licatae Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis lobulata L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis lombasangensis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis longipedunculata Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis loxia (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis luceroana R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis lyonnetii Salazar Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis maclaudii (Finet) Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis macrostachya (Lex.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis maculata (Ridl.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis madagascariensis (Klinge) Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis maianthemifolia Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis major (Rchb.f.) León ex A.D.Hawkes Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis mambulilingensis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis margaretae (F.Br.) L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis martinezii R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis massonii (Ridl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis maxonii Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis melanotoessa Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis micholitziana (Kraenzl.) P.F.Hunt Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis mixta (Schltr.) R. Vásquez Accepted L TRO
Malaxis molotensis Salazar & de Santiago Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis moluccana (J.J.Sm.) Ames & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis monsviridis Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis moritzii (Ridl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis mucronulata (Schltr.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis myurus (Lindl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis nana C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis nasuta (Schltr.) Løjtnant Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis nelsonii Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis nidiae Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis novogaliciana R.González ex McVaugh Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis ochreata (S.Watson) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis pabstii (Schltr.) Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis padilliana L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis pandurata (Schltr.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis parthoni C.Morren Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis perezii R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis physuroides (Schltr.) Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis pittieri (Schltr.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis pollardii L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis porphyrea (Ridl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis pringlei (S.Watson) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis prorepens (Kraenzl.) Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis pubescens (Lindl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis purpureoviridis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis pusilla Ames & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis quadrata L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis ramirezii R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis reichei (Schltr.) Ames & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis reichenbachiana (Schltr.) L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis ribana Espejo & López-Ferr. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis robinsonii (Ridl.) J.B.Comber Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis roblesgiliana R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis rodrigueziana R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis rosei Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis rosilloi R.González & E.W.Greenw. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis rostratula Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis ruizii R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis rupestris (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis rzedowskiana R.González Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis salazarii Catling Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis schliebenii (Mansf.) Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis seramica (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis seychellarum (Kraenzl.) Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis simillima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis slamatensis (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis sneidernii (Garay) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis sodiroi (Schltr.) Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis spicata Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis steyermarkii Correll Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis streptopetala (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis sulamadahensis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis talamancana Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis talaudensis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis tamayoana Garay & W.Kittr. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis tamurensis Tuyama Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis tepicana Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis termensis (Kraenzl.) C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis ternatensis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis thienii Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis thwaitesii Bennet Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis tonduzii (Schltr.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis toxopei (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis triangularis Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis tridentula (Schltr.) Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis trigonopetala (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis triphylla (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis trukensis (Fukuy.) Fosberg & Sachet Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis umbelliflora Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis unifolia Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis urbana E.W.Greenw. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis ventilabrum (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis ventricosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis versicolor (Lindl.) Abeyw. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis warmingii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis weddellii (Finet) R. Vásquez Accepted L TRO
Malaxis welwitschii (Rchb.f.) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis wendlandii (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis wendtii Salazar Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis wercklei (Schltr.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis woodsonii L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis xerophila Salazar & L.I.Cabrera Accepted H WCSP
Malaxis yanganensis Dodson Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 675 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Malaxis. Of these 176 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 36 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Malaxis. 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 675 species names for the genus Malaxis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 176 26.1%
◕ Synonym 466 69.0%
◕ Unplaced 13 1.9%
◕ Unassessed 20 3.0%

All names

The status of the 711 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Malaxis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 182 25.6%
◕ Synonym 496 69.8%
◕ Unplaced 13 1.8%
◕ Unassessed 20 2.8%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 675 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Malaxis, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 174 400 0 0 574 85.0%
Medium confidence 0 21 0 0 21 3.1%
Low confidence 2 45 13 20 80 11.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Malaxis, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 22 0 8 0 32 4.7%
WCSP 174 444 13 1 0 632 93.6%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 11 0 11 1.6%