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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Phalaenopsis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Phalaenopsis amboinensis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × amphitrite O'Brien	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis aphrodite Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Phalaenopsis appendiculata Carr	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis bastianii O.Gruss & Roellke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis bellina (Rchb.f.) Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × bertii Hasselbr. & Nash	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis bertii Hzsselbr. & Nash	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Phalaenopsis brymeriana Rchb. f.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Phalaenopsis buyssoniana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis celebensis H.R.Sweet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis chibae T.Yukawa	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis cochlearis Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis corningiana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi (Breda) Blume & Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis equestris (Schauer) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis fasciata Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis fimbriata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis finleyi Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis floresensis Fowlie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis fuscata Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × gersenii (Teijsm. & Binn.) Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis gibbosa H.R.Sweet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis gigantea J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × harriettae Rolfe	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis honghenensis F.Y.Liu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis Fowlie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × intermedia Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis kunstleri Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × leda Rchb.f.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × leucorrhoda Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis lindenii Loher	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis lowii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis luteola Burb. ex Garay, Christenson & O.Gruss	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis maculata Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis malipoensis Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis mannii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis mariae Burb.ex R.Warner & H.Williams	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis micholitzi hort.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Phalaenopsis micholitzii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis mirabilis (Seidenf.) Schuit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis modesta J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis mysorensis C.J.Saldanha	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis natmataungensis (T.Yukawa, Nob.Tanaka & J.Murata) Dalström & Ormerod	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis pallens (Lindl.) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis philippinensis Golamco ex Fowlie & C.Z.Tang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis porteri hort.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima (Lindl.) J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis regnieriana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis reichenbachiana Rchb.f. & Sander	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis robinsonii J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × rolfeana H.R.Sweet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis sanderiana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis schilleriana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × singuliflora J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis speciosa Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis stobartiana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korth. & Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis taenialis (Lindl.) Christenson & Pradhan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis tetraspis Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis thailandica O.Gruss & Roeth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × valentinii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis × veitchiana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis venosa Shim & Fowlie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis violacea H.Witte	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis viridis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phalaenopsis wilsonii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 248 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Phalaenopsis. Of these 70 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 174 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Phalaenopsis. 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 248 species names for the genus Phalaenopsis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	70	28.2%
◕	Synonym	171	69.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	2.8%

All names

The status of the 422 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Phalaenopsis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	74	17.5%
◕	Synonym	341	80.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	1.7%

Of the species names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 4 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 248 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Phalaenopsis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	70	165	0	0	235	94.8%
	Medium confidence	0	6	0	0	6	2.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	7	7	2.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Phalaenopsis is as follows: