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Paphiopedilum

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Paphiopedilum

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Paphiopedilum acmodontum M.W.Wood Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum adductum Asher Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum appletonianum (Gower) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × areeanum O.Gruss Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum argus (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum armeniacum S.C.Chen & F.Y.Liu Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × aspersum Aver. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum barbatum (Lindl.) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum barbigerum Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum bellatulum (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum beyrodtianum (hort.) Guillaumin Accepted M TRO
Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum Fowlie Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum bullenianum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × burbidgei (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum charlesworthii (Rolfe) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum ciliolare (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum concolor (Lindl. ex Bateman) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × cribbii Aver. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × dalatense Aver. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum dayanum (Lindl.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum delenatii Guillaumin Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum dianthum Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × dixlerianum Braem & Chiron Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum druryi (Bedd.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum emersonii Koop. & P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × expansum J.T.Atwood Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum exul (Ridl.) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum fairrieanum (Lindl.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × fanaticum Koop. & N.Haseg. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum fowliei Birk Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × frankeanum Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum gigantifolium Braem, M.L.Baker & C.O.Baker Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (Blume) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × glanzii O.Gruss & Perner Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum J.J.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum godefroyae (God.-Leb.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum gratrixianum Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × grussianum H.S.Hua Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum hangianum Perner & O.Gruss Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum haynaldianum (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum helenae Aver. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum hennisianum (M.W.Wood) Fowlie Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum henryanum Braem Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × herrmannii F.Fuchs & H.Reisinger Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum (Lindl. ex Hook.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum hookerae (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum insigne (Wall. ex Lindl.) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum intaniae Cavestro Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum javanicum (Reinw. ex Lindl.) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × kimballianum (Rchb.f.) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum kolopakingii Fowlie Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum liemianum (Fowlie) K.Karas. & K.Saito Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × littleanum (auct.) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum lowii (Lindl.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum mastersianum (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × mattesii Pittenauer ex Roeth & O.Gruss Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum micranthum Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum niveum (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum ooii Koop. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum papuanum (Ridl. ex Rendle) L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum parishii (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum parnatanum Cavestro Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × pereirae (Ridl.) P.Taylor Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × petchleungianum O.Gruss Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum philippinense (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum platyphyllum T.Yukawa Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × powellii Christenson Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × pradhanii Pradhan Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum primulinum M.W.Wood & P.Taylor Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum purpuratum (Lindl.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum randsii Fowlie Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum sanderianum (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum sangii Braem Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum schlimii (Rolfe) Pfitzer Accepted M TRO
Paphiopedilum schoseri Braem & H.Mohr Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × shipwayae Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × siamense (Rolfe) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum spicerianum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × spicerovenustum Pradhan Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum stonei (Hook.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum sugiyamanum Cavestro Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum sukhakulii Schoser & Senghas Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum supardii Braem & Löb Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum superbiens (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum thaianum Iamwir. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum tigrinum Koop. & N.Haseg. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum tonsum (Rchb.f.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum tranlienianum O.Gruss & Perner Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum urbanianum Fowlie Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum O.Gruss & Roellke Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × venustoinsigne Pradhan Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum venustum (Wall. ex Sims) Pfitzer Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae (Sander ex Mast.) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum victoria-regina (Sander) M.W.Wood Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × vietenryanum O.Gruss & Petchl. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum vietnamense O.Gruss & Perner Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum villosum (Lindl.) Stein Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum violascens Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum wardii Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum wenshanense Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum wentworthianum Schoser & Fowlie Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum wilhelminae L.O.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Paphiopedilum × yingjiangense Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 256 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Paphiopedilum. Of these 107 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 198 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Paphiopedilum. 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 256 species names for the genus Paphiopedilum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 107 41.8%
◕ Synonym 131 51.2%
◕ Unplaced 3 1.2%
◕ Unassessed 15 5.9%

All names

The status of the 454 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Paphiopedilum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 133 29.3%
◕ Synonym 303 66.7%
◕ Unplaced 3 0.7%
◕ Unassessed 15 3.3%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 256 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Paphiopedilum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 105 102 0 0 207 80.9%
Medium confidence 2 28 0 0 30 11.7%
Low confidence 0 1 3 15 19 7.4%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 28 0 7 0 37 14.5%
WCSP 105 103 3 1 0 212 82.8%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 7 0 7 2.7%