The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Aerides

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Aerides

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Aerides augustiana Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Aerides crassifolia C.S.P.Parish ex Burb. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides crispa Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides emericii Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides falcata Lindl. & Paxton Accepted H WCSP
Aerides flabellatum Rolfe ex Downie Accepted M TRO
Aerides houlletiana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides huttonii (Hook.f.) A.H.Kent Accepted H WCSP
Aerides inflexa Teijsm. & Binn. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides × jansonii Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Aerides krabiensis Seidenf. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides lawrenceae Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides leeana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides macmorlandii B.S.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Aerides maculosa Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides multiflora Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides odorata Lour. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides orthocentra Hand.-Mazz. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides quinquevulnera Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides ringens (Lindl.) C.E.C.Fisch. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides roebelenii Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides rosea Lodd. ex Lindl. & Paxton Accepted H WCSP
Aerides savageana A.H.Kent Accepted H WCSP
Aerides shibatiana Boxall ex Náves Accepted H WCSP
Aerides sukauensis Shim Accepted H WCSP
Aerides thibautiana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aerides timorana Miq. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 178 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Aerides. Of these 27 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 40 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Aerides. 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 178 species names for the genus Aerides recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 27 15.2%
Synonym 136 76.4%
Unplaced 5 2.8%
Unassessed 10 5.6%

All names

The status of the 218 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Aerides recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 27 12.4%
Synonym 176 80.7%
Unplaced 5 2.3%
Unassessed 10 4.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 178 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Aerides, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 26 129 0 0 155 87.1%
Medium confidence 1 6 0 0 7 3.9%
Low confidence 0 1 5 10 16 9.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 6 0 10 0 17 9.6%
WCSP 26 130 5 0 0 161 90.4%