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Polystachya

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polystachya

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Polystachya abbreviata Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya acridolens Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya acuminata Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya adansoniae Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya aethiopica P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya affinis Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya albescens Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya alpina Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya anceps Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya angularis Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya anthoceros la Croix & P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya armeniaca la Croix & P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya asper P.J.Cribb & Podz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya aurantiaca Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya bancoensis Burg Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya batkoi Szlach. & Olszewski Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya bella Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya bennettiana Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya bequaertii Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya bicalcarata Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya bicarinata Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya bifida Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya bipoda Stévart Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya biteaui P.J.Cribb, la Croix & Stévart Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya boliviensis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya bradei Schltr. ex Mansf. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya brassii Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya brugeana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya caduca Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya caespitifica Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya caespitosa Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya calluniflora Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya caloglossa Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya camaridioides Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya campyloglossa Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya canaliculata Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya candida Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya carnosa P.J.Cribb & Podz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya caudata Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya cavanayensis Garay & Dunst. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya clareae Hermans Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya compereana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya concreta (Jacq.) Garay & H.R.Sweet Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya confusa Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya cooperi Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya coriscensis Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya cornigera Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya couloniana Geerinck & Arbonn. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya crassifolia Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya cribbiana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya cultriformis (Thouars) Lindl. ex Spreng. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya dagremondiana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya dalzielii Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya dendrobiiflora Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya dewanckeliana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya disiformis P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya disticha Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya doggettii Rendle & Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya dolichophylla Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya elastica Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya elegans Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya engongensis Stévart & Droissart Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya epiphytica De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya erythrocephala Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya estrellensis Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya eurychila Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya eurygnatha Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya euspatha Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya excelsa Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya expansa Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya fabriana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya fallax Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya farinosa Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya fischeri Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya foliosa (Hook.) Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya fractiflexa Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya fulvilabia Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya fusiformis (Thouars) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya gabonensis Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya galeata (Sw.) Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya geniculata Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya geraensis Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya goetzeana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya golungensis Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya gracilenta Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya greatrexii Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya haroldiana Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya hastata Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya heckeliana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya heckmanniana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya henrici Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya hoehneana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya holmesiana P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya holstii Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya humbertii H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya isochiloides Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya johnstonii Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya kaluluensis P.J.Cribb & la Croix Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya kermesina Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya kingii Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya kornasiana Szlach. & Olszewski Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya kubalae Szlach. & Olszewski Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya kupensis P.J.Cribb & B.J.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya lacroixiana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya laurentii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya lawalreeana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya lawrenceana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya laxa R.Schust. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya laxiflora Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya lejolyana Stévart Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya leonardiana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya leonensis Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya letouzeyana Szlach. & Olszewski Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya leucosepala P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya lindblomii Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya lineata Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya longiscapa Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya lukwangulensis P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya macropoda Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya maculata P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya mafingensis P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya magnibracteata P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya malilaensis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya masayensis Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya mauritiana Spreng. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya mazumbaiensis P.J.Cribb & Podz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya mcvaughiana Soto Arenas Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya melanantha Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya melliodora P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya meyeri P.J.Cribb & Podz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya micrantha Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya microbambusa Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya mildbraedii Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya minima Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya modesta Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya monolenis Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya monophylla Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya montiquetiana Stévart & Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya moreauae P.J.Cribb & Podz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya mukandaensis De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya mystacioides De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya mzuzuensis P.J.Cribb & la Croix Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya nyanzensis Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya obanensis Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya oblanceolata Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya odorata Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya oligantha Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya oreocharis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya ottoniana Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya pachychila Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya pamelae Eb.Fisch., Killmann & Nsanz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya paniculata (Sw.) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya parva Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya parviflora Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya pergibbosa H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya perrieri Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya peruviana C.Nelson, J.Sutherl. & FernaldCasas Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya piersii P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya pinicola Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya pobeguinii (Finet) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya pocsii P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya poikilantha Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya polychaete Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya porphyrochila J.Stewart Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya praecipitis Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya principia Stévart & P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya proterantha P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya pseudodisa Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya puberula Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya pubescens (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya pudorina P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya purpureobracteata P.J.Cribb & la Croix Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya pyramidalis Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya ramulosa Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya reflexa Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya reticulata Stévart & Droissart Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya retusiloba Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya rhodochila Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya rhodoptera Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya ridleyi Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya riomuniensis Stévart & Nguema Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya rivae Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya rolfeana Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya rosea Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya rosellata Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya rugosilabia Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya rupicola Brade Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya ruwenzoriensis Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya saccata (Finet) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya sandersonii Harv. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya serpentina P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya seticaulis Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya setifera Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya shega Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya simacoana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya simplex Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya songaniensis G.Will. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya spatella Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya stauroglossa Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya stenophylla Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya steudneri Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya stewartiana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya stodolnyi Szlach. & Olszewski Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya stuhlmannii Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya suaveolens P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya subdiphylla Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya subulata Finet Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya subumbellata P.J.Cribb & Podz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya superposita Rchb.f. Accepted L WCSP
Polystachya supfiana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya teitensis P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya tenella Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya tenuissima Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya tessallata Lindl. Accepted M TRO
Polystachya testuana Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya thomensis Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya transvaalensis Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya tricuspidata Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya tridentata Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya troupiniana Geerinck Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya tsaratananae H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya tsinjoarivensis H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya uluguruensis P.J.Cribb & Podz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya undulata P.J.Cribb & Podz. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya vaginata Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya valentina la Croix & P.J.Cribb Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya victoriae Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya villosa Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya villosula Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya virescens Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya virginea Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya vulcanica Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya walravensiana Geerinck & Arbonn. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya waterlotii Guillaumin Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya winigeri Eb.Fisch. & Killmann Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya woosnamii Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya xerophila Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya zambesiaca Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Polystachya zuluensis L.Bolus Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 425 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polystachya. Of these 239 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 41 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Polystachya. 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 425 species names for the genus Polystachya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 239 56.2%
Synonym 174 40.9%
Unplaced 3 0.7%
Unassessed 9 2.1%

All names

The status of the 466 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polystachya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 257 55.2%
Synonym 197 42.3%
Unplaced 3 0.6%
Unassessed 9 1.9%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 425 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polystachya, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 222 152 0 0 374 88.0%
Medium confidence 1 3 0 0 4 0.9%
Low confidence 16 19 3 9 47 11.1%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 3 0 6 0 10 2.4%
WCSP 238 171 3 0 0 412 96.9%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.7%