The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

You should refer instead to the current version of The Plant List.

Maxillaria

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Maxillaria

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Maxillaria acostae Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria adscendens Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria aequiloba Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria aggregata (Kunth) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria albata Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria albiflora Ames & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria amazonica Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria amblyantha Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria anatomorum Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria angustibulbosa C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria angustisegmenta Ames & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria angustissima Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria antioquiana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria arachnites Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria arachnitiflora Ames & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria argyrophylla Poepp. & Endl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria attenuata Ames & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria atwoodiana Pupulin Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria augustae-victoriae F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria azulensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria batemanii Poepp. & Endl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria bennettii Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria binotii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria bocazensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria bolivarensis C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria boliviensis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria bolleoides Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria brachybulbon Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria brachypetala Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria brachypoda Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria bradei Schltr. ex Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria brevis (Hoehne & Schltr.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria breviscapa Poepp. & Endl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria broadwayi (Cogn.) R.E.Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria burtonii D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cacaoensis J.T.Atwood Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria calantha Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria calimaniana V.P.Castro Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria caloglossa Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria camaridioides Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria candida Lodd. ex Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria caparaoensis Brade Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria caquetana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria carolii Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria casta Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria caucae Garay Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria caulina Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria caveroi D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cesarfernandezii Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria chionantha J.T.Atwood Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria chlorantha Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria christensonii D.E.Benn. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria colemanii Carnevali & Fritz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria colorata Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria compacta (Schltr.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria confusa Ames & C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria connellii Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria convencionis Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cordyline (Rchb.f.) Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cozierana H.G.Jones Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria crocea Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cryptobulbon Carnevali & J.T.Atwood Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria ctenostachya Rchb. f. Accepted M TRO
Maxillaria cuencana Garay Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cuneiformis Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria curvicolumna M.A.Blanco & Neubig Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cuzcoensis C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cymbidioides Dodson, J.T.Atwood & Carnevali Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria cyperifolia (Schltr.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria dalessandroi Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria darienensis J.T.Atwood Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria deuteropastensis P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria diamantensis Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria dichroma Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria dillonii D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria divitiflora Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria dolichophylla Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria × dunstervillei Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria ecuadorensis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria edwardsii D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria elata Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria elegans Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria elegantula Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria embreei Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria endresii Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria errata Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria erubescens Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria farinifera Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria fletcheriana Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria floribunda Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria formosa Carnevali & G.A.Romero Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria fractiflexa Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria frechettei D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria friderici-caroli P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria fucata Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria fuerstenbergiana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria furfuracea Scheidw. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria fuscopurpurea Drapiez Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria galantha J.T.Atwood & Carnevali Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria garayi D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria gatunensis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria geckophora D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria gentryi Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria gorbatschowii R.Vásquez, Dodson & Ibisch Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria gracilipes Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria grandiflora (Kunth) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria grandimentum C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria grandis Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria granditenuis D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria grayi Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria grobyoides Garay & Dunst. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria guadalupensis Cogn. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria guentheriana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria guiardiana Chiron Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria gymnochila Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria hastulata Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria hennisiana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria herzogiana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria hillsii Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria hirsutilabia D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria hirtilabia Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria hoppii Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria huancabambae (Kraenzl.) C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria huanucoensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria huebschii Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria hystrionica (Rchb. f.) L.O. Williams Accepted M TRO
Maxillaria insignis Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria irrorata Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria jamboensis Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria jenischiana (Rchb.f.) C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria johniana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria jostii Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria jucunda F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria jugata Garay Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria kalbreyeri Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria kegelii Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria klugii C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria langlassei Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria leforii D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria lehmannii Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria lepidota Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria leucaimata Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria lilacea Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria lilliputana D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria lindeniae Cogn. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria linearis C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria liparophylla Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria litensis Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria longicaulis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria longiloba (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria longipes Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria longipetala Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria longissima Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria loretoensis C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria lueri Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria luteoalba Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria macropoda Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria macrura Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria maderoi Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria margretiae R.Vásquez Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria marmoliana Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria mathewsii Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria mejiae Carnevali & G.A.Romero Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria melina Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria merana Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria meridensis Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria microblephara Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria microtricha Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria milenae V.P.Castro & Chiron Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria modesta Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria molitor Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria monantha Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria mosenii Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria moutinhoi Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria muelleri Regel Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria multiflora Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria mungoschraderi R.Vásquez & Ibisch Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria muscicola Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria muscoides J.T.Atwood Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria nanegalensis Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria nasuta Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria neophylla Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria niesseniae Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria nigrescens Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria nuriensis Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria nutans Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria nutantiflora Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria nymphopolitana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria ochroglossa Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria ochroleuca Lodd. ex Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria olivacea (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria oxysepala Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pachyneura F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria palmifolia (Sw.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pamplonensis Linden & Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pannieri Foldats Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria parahybunensis Cogn. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria paranaensis Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria parkeri Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria parvibulbosa C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria patens Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pauciflora Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pentura Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria perryae Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria platyloba Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria platypetala Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pleiantha Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pleuranthoides (Schltr.) Garay Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria plicata Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria podochila Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria poeppigiana Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria poicilothece Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria poifolia Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria polybulbon Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria porrecta Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria portillae Christenson & McIllm. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria powellii Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria praetexta Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria prolifera Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pseudoreichenheimiana Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pterocarpa Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pulla Linden & Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria punctulata Klotzsch Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria pyhalae D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria quadrata Ames & Correll Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria quelchii Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria ramonensis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria ramosa Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria ramosissima Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria regeliana Cogn. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria reichenheimiana Endres & Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria rhodoleuca (Schltr.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria riopalenquensis Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria robusta Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria rodriguesii Cogn. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria rodrigueziana J.T.Atwood & Mora-Ret. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria rolfei P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria rotundilabia C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria rubioi Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria sanderiana Rchb.f. ex Sander Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria sanguineomaculata Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria saragurensis Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria saxatilis Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria saxicola Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria schnitteri Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria schultzei Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria setigera Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria shepheardii Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria simacoana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria simplicilabia C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria speciosa Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria spegazziniana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria spiritu-sanctensis Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria splendens Poepp. & Endl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria steyermarkii Foldats Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria striata Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria stricta Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria strictifolia P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria strictissima (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria subpandurata Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria subulifolia Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria sulfurea Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria taracuana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria tenuis C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria thurstoniorum Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria tiaraensis Carnevali & G.A.Romero Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria tocotana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria tonsbergii Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria torifera (Schltr.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria tricolor Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria trilobulata D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria triloris E.Morren Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria triphylla Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria tristis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria truncatilabia Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria tuerosii D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria turkeliae Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria undatiflora Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria unguiculata Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria unguilabia Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria urbaniana F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria valleculata D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria venusta Linden & Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria verecunda Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria vestita Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria virguncula Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria weberbaueri Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria whittenii Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria williamsii Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria winaywaynaensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria wojii Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria woytkowskii C.Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria xylobiiflora Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria yanganensis Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Maxillaria yauaperyensis Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 930 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Maxillaria. Of these 296 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 87 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Maxillaria. 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 930 species names for the genus Maxillaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 296 31.8%
◕ Synonym 560 60.2%
◕ Unplaced 21 2.3%
◕ Unassessed 53 5.7%

All names

The status of the 1,017 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Maxillaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 296 29.1%
◕ Synonym 647 63.6%
◕ Unplaced 21 2.1%
◕ Unassessed 53 5.2%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 930 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Maxillaria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 294 535 0 0 829 89.1%
Medium confidence 2 19 0 0 21 2.3%
Low confidence 0 6 21 53 80 8.6%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 19 0 28 0 49 5.3%
WCSP 294 541 21 0 0 856 92.0%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 25 0 25 2.7%