Malaxis Sol. ex Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. (1778) 119

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Malaxideae

Subtribe: Not used

Synonyms: Achroanthes Raf. , Acroanthes Raf. , Anaphora Gagnep. , Cheiropterocephalus Barb.Rodr. , Crepidium Blume , Crossoglossa Dressler & Dodson , Dienia Lindl. , Fingardia Szlach. , Gastroglottis Blume , Glossochilopsis Szlach. , Hammarbya Kuntze , Kornasia Szlach. , Lisowskia Szlach. , Microstylis (Nutt.) Eaton , Oberonioides Szlach. , Pedilea Lindl. , Pseudoliparis Finet , Pterochilus Hook. & Arn. , Saurolophorkis Marg. & Szlach. , Seidenfia Szlach. , Tamayorkis Szlach.

A genus of c. 300 species; c. 227 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan (excluding New Zealand)

Cameron, K. M. 2005. Leave it to the leaves: A molecular phylogenetic study of Malaxideae (Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae). Am. J. Bot. 92: 1025 - 1032.

Margonska, H. B. 2003. Materials towards a revision of the genus Pseudoliparis (Malaxidinae) 1. Ann. Bot. Fennici 40: 63 - 66.

Margonska, H. B. 2003. Materials towards a revision of the genus Pseudoliparis (Malaxidinae) 2. Section Oistochilus. Ann. Bot. Fennici 40: 357 - 372.

Seidenfaden, G. 1978. Orchid genera in Thailand VII: Oberonia Lindl. & Malaxis Sol.ex Sw. Dansk Bot. Ark. 33(1): 1 - 94.

 

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Malaxis ophrydis (J.Koenig) Ormerod (section Gastroglottis), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Malaxis ophrydis (J.Koenig) Ormerod (section Gastroglottis), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Malaxis metallica (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (section Crepidium), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak
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Malaxis metallica (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (section Crepidium), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Malaxis punctata J.J.Wood (section Crepidium), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Malaxis trigonopetala (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel (section Pseudoliparis/Trigonopetalum), from Sulawesi
 
Malaxis calcicola P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. (section Holobos), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Sulawesi Malaxis calcicola P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. (section Holobos), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Sulawesi  

last updated: 12 April 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera