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)
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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 |
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| 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