Family – Orchidaceae – 67 genera in Sri Lanka. Orchids of Sri Lanka.
- ORCHIDACEAE
145.01. ACAMPE Lindley
A.ochracea (Lindley) Hochr. [Saccolabium ochraceum Lindley]
A.praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatter & McCann [Saccolabium wighlianum Hook, f.]
A.rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex J. E. Smith) P. F. Hunt [Saccolabium longifolium Hook, f.]
145.02. ACANTHEPHIPPIUM Blume
A.bicolor Lindley
145.03. ADRORHIZON Hook. f.
A.purpurascens Hook. f.
145.04. AERANGIS Reichb. f.
A.hologlottis (Schltr.) Schltr.
145.05. AERIDES Lour.
A.ringens (Lindley) C. E. C. Fischer [Aerides lineare Hook, f.]
145.06. AGROSTOPHYLLUM Blume
A.zeylanicum Hook. f.
145.07. ANGRAECUM Bory
A.zeylanicum Lindley [Mystacidium zeylanicum (Lindley) Trimen]
145.08. ANOECTOCHILUS Blume
A.setaceus Blume [Anoectochilus regalis Blume] S:wana-raja
145.09. APHYLLORCHIS Blume
A.montana Reichb. f.
145.10. ARUNDINA Blume
A.graminifolia (D. Don) Hochr. [Arundina minor Lindley]
145.11. BULBOPHYLLUM Thouars
B.crassifolium Thw. ex Trimen
B.elegans Gardner ex Thw.
B.elliae Reichb. f. [Cirrhopetalum wightii Thw.]
B.macraei (Lindley) Reichb. f. [Cirrhopetalum macraei Lindley]
B.maskeliyense Livera
B.petiolare Thw.
B.purpureum Thw.
B.thwaitesii Reichb. f. [Cirrhopetalum thwaitesii (Reichb. f.) Hook, f.]
B.tricarinatum Petch
B.trimenii (Hook, f.) J. J. Sm. [Cirrhopetalum trimeni Hook, f.]
B.wightii Reichb. f. [Cirrliopetalum grandiflorum Wight]
145.12. CALANTHE R. Br.
C.purpurea Lindley
C.triplicatis (Willemet) Ames [Calanthe veratrifolia R. Br.]
145.13. CHEIROSTYLIS Blume
C.flabellata Wight
C.parvifolia Lindley
145.14. CHRYSOGLOSSUM Blume
C.maculatum (Thw.) Hook. f.
145.15. CLEISOSTOMA Blume
C.tenuifolia (L.) Garay [Sarcanthus peninsularis Dalz.]
145.16. COELOGYNE Lindley
C.breviscapa Lindley
C.odoratissima Lindley
C.zeylanica Hook. f.
145.17. CORYMBORKIS Thouars
C.veratrifolia (Reinw.) Blume [Corymbis veratrifolia Reichb. f.]
145.18. COTTONIA Wight
C.peduncularis (Lindley) Thw. [Cottonia macrostachya Wight]
145.19. CRYPTOSTYLIS R. Br.
C.arachnites Blume
145.20. CYMBIDIUM Sw.
C.bicolor Lindley [Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.]
C.ensifolium (L.) Sw. var. haematodes (Lindley) Trimen
145.21. CYRTOSIA Blume
C.javanica Blume [Galeola javanica (Blume) Benth. & Hook, f.]
145.22. DENDROBIUM Swartz
D.crumenatum Swartz E:pigeon orchid, white dove orchid S:sudu-pareyi-mal
D.diodon Reichb. f.
D.heterocarpum Wall, ex Lindley E:primrose orchid
D.maccarthiaeThw. S:wesak-mal
D.macrostachyum Lindley
D.nutans Lindley
D.panduratum Lindley
D.salaccense (Blume) Lindley [Dendrobium bambusaefolium Par. et Reichb. f.] [Dendrobium haemoglossum Thw.]
145.23. DIPLOCENTRUM Lindley
D.recurvum Lindley
145.24. DIPLOPRORA Hook. f.
D.championi Hook. f.
145.25. DISPERIS Swartz
D.zeylanica Trimen
145.26. EPIPOG1UM R. Br.
E.roseum (D. Don) Lindley [Epipogium nutans Lindley]
145.27. ERIA Lindley
E.articulata Lindley [Alvisia tenuis Lindley]
E.bicolor Lindley E:lily of the valley orchid
E.braccata Lindley
E.lindleyi Thw.
E.muscicola Lindley
E.thwaitesii Trimen
E.tricolor Thw.
145.28. ERYTHRODES Blume
E.humilis J. J. Smith [Physurus blumei Lindley]
145.29. EULOPHIA R. Brown ex Lindley
E.epidendraea (Koenig) Schltr. [Eulophia virens Spreng.]
E.graminea Lindley
E.macrostachya Lindley
E.sanguinea (Lindley) Hook. f.
E.spectabilis (Dennst.) Suresh [Eulophia nuda Lindley]
145.30. FLICKINGERIA A. D. Hawkes
F.macraei (Lindley) Seidenf. [Ephemerantha macraei (Lindley) P. F. Hunt & Summerh.] [Dendrobium macraei (Lindley) Kuntze] S:jata-makuta
145.31. GASTROCHILUS D. Don
G.acaulis (Lindley) Kuntze [Saccolabium acaule (Lindley) Hook, f.]
145.32. GASTRODIA R. Br.
G.zeylanica Schlechter [Gastrodia javanica Thw.]
145.33. GEODORUM Jackson
G.densiflorum (Lam.) Schlechter [Geodorum dilatation R. Br.]
145.34. GOODYERA R. Br.
G.fumataThw.
G.procera (Ker-Gawl.) Hook.
145.35. HABENARIA Willd.
H.acuminata (Thw.) Trimen
H.crinifera Lindley
H.dichopetala Thw.
H.dolichostachya Thw.
H.macrostachya Lindley
H.plantaginea Lindley E:pigeon orchid
H.pterocarpa Thw.
H.rhynchocarpa (Thw.) Trimen H.virens (Lindley) Abeywick. [Habenaria barbata Wight nom. nudum]
H.viridiflora (Sw.) Lindley
145.36. HETAERIA Blume
H.elongata Lindley
H.gardneri (Thw.) Trimen
145.37. IPSEA Lindley
Lspeciosa Lindley E:daffodil orchid
145.38. KINGIDIUM P. F.Hunt
K.deliciosum (Reichb. f.) Sweet [Doritis wightii Benth. & Hook, f.]
145.39. LIPARIS A. Rich.
L.atropurpurea Lindley
L.barbata Lindley [Liparis thwaitesii Hook, f.]
L.brachyglottis Reichb. f. ex Trimen
L.caespitosa (Thouars) Lindley [Liparis obscura Hook, f.]
L.gibbosa Finet [Liparis disticha Lindley]
L.nervosa (Thunb.) Lindley
L.viridiflora Lindley [Liparis longipes Lindley]
L.walkeriae R. Graham
L.wightiana Thw. [Liparis trimenii Ridley]
145.40. LUISIA Gaudich.
L.tenuifolia (L.) Blume
L.teretifolia Gaudich.
145.41. MALAXIS Sol. ex Swartz
M.densiflora (A. Rich.) Kuntze [Microstylis versicolor Wight]
M.discolor (Lindley) Kuntze [Microstylis discolor Lindley]
M.lancifolia (Thw.) Kuntze [Microstylis lancifolia Thw.]
M.latifolia Smith [Microstylis latifolia J. J. Sm.]
M.purpurea (Lindley) Kuntze [Microstylis purpurea Lindley]
M.versicolor (Lindley) Abeywick. [Microstylis rheedii Wight]
145.42. NERVILIA Comm. ex Gaudich.
N.juliana (Roxb.) Schlechter [Pogonia Juliana Wall.]
145.43. OBERONIA Lindley
O.bicornis Lindley
O.claviloba Jayaweera
O.dolabrata Jayaweera
O.forcipata Lindley
O.fornicata Jayaweera
O.longibracteata Lindley
O.quadrilatera Jayaweera
O.recurva Lindley
O.scyllae Lindley
O.tenuis Lindley
O.thwaitesii Hook. f.
O.truncata Lindley
O.verticillata Wight
O.wallie-silvae Jayaweera
O.weragamaensis Jayaweera
O.wightiana Lindley
O.zeylanica Hook. f.
145.44. OCTARRHENAThw.
O.parvula Thw.
145.45. PAPILIONANTHE Schlechter
P.subulata (Koenig) Garay [Aerides cylindricum Lindley]
145.46. PERISTYLUS Blume
P.aristatus Lindley [Habenaria aristata Trimen]
RbrevilobusThw. [Habenaria breviloba Trimen]
P.cubitalis (L.) Kraenzlin [Habenaria cubitalis R. Br.]
P.gardneri (Hook, f.) Kraenzlin [Habenaria gardneri Hook, f.]
P.plantagineus (Lindley) Lindley [Habenaria wightii Trimen]
P.spiralis A. Rich. [Habenaria torta Hook, f.]
P.trimenii (Hook, f.) Abeywick. [Habenaria trimenii Hook, f.]
145.47. PHAIUS Loureiro
P.Iuridus Thw.
P.tankervilleae (Banks ex L’He>it.) Blume [Phaius wallichii Lindley]
145.48. PHOLIDOTA Lindley ex Hook.
P.pallida Lindley [Pholidota imbricata Lindley]
145.49. PHREATIA Lindley
P.elegans Lindley
145.50. PODOCHILUS Blume
P.falcatus Lindley
P.malabaricus Wight
P.saxatilis Lindley
145.51. POLYSTACHYA Hook.
P.concreta (Jacq.) Garay and Sweet [Polystachya zeylanica Lindley]
145.52. POMATOCALPA Breda
P.decipiens (Lindley) J. J. Sm. [Cleisostoma decipiens Lindley]
P.maculosum (Lindley) J. J. Sm. [Cleisostoma maculosum Lindley]
145.53. PTEROCERAS Van Hasselt ex Hassk.
P.viridiflorum (Thw.) Holttum [Sarcochilus viridiflorus (Thw.) Hook, f.]
145.54. RHYNCHOSTYLIS Blume
R.retusa Blume E:Batticaloa orchid, fox-tail orchid
145.55. ROBIQUETIA Gaudich.
R.brevifolia (Lindley) Garay [Saccolobium brevifolium Lindley]
R.gracilis (Lindley) Garay [Saccolobium gracile Lindley]
R.rosea (Lindley) Garay [Saccolobium roseum Lindley]
R.virescens (Gard. ex Lindley) Jayaweera
145.56. SATYR1UM Swartz
S.nepalense D. Don E.hyacinth orchid
145.57. SCHOENORCHIS Blume
S.chrysantha (Alston) Garay [Saccolabium fdiforme Trimen]
S.nivea (Lindley) Schltr. [Saccolabium niveum Lindley]
S.tortifolia (Jayaweera) Garay
145.58. SIRHOOKERA Kuntze
S.lanceolata (Wight) Kuntze [Josephia lanceolata Wight]
S.latifolia (Wight) Kuntze [Josephia latifolia Wight]
145.59. SPIRANTHES Rich.
S.sinensis (Pers.) Ames [Spiranthes australis Lindley]
145.60. TAENIOPHYLLUM Blume
T.alwisii Lindley
T.gilimalense Jayaweera
T.pusillum (Willd.) Seidenf. [Chiloschista pusilla (Willd.) Schlechter] [Sarcochilus wightii auct. non Hook, f.]
145.61. TAINIA Blume
T.bicornis (Lindley) Reichb. f.
145.62. THRIXSPERMUM Loureiro
T.complanatum (Retz.) Schlechter [Sarcochilus complanatus Hook, f.]
T.pugionifolium (Hook, f.) Schlechter [Sarcochilus pugionifolius Hook, f.]
T.pulchellum (Thw.) Schlechter [Sarcochilus pulchellus Trimen]
145.63. TRICHOGLOTTIS Blume
T.tenera (Lindley) Reichb. f. [Cleisostoma tenerum Hook, f.]
145.64. TROPIDIA Lindley
T.bambusifolia (Thw.) Trimen
T.thiwaitesii Hook. f.
145.65. VANDA R. Br.
V.spathulata (L.) Spreng.
V.tessellata (Roxb.) Lodd. ex G. Don [Vanda roxburghii R. Br.]
V.testacea (Lindley) Reichb. f. [Vanda parviflora Lindley]
V.thwaitesii Hook. f.
145.66. VANILLA Miller
V.fragrans Ames* [Vanilla planifolia Andr.] E:vanilla
V.moonii Thw.
V.walkerae Wight
145.67. ZEUXINE Lindley
Z.flava (Wall.) Trimen
Z.longilabris (Lindley) Trimen
Z.regia (Lindley) Trimen S:iru-raja
Z.strateumatica (L.) Schlechl. [Zeitxine sulcata Lindley]
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA
