List of Phalaenopsis species
The following is a list of Phalaenopsis species accepted by Plants of the World Online at February 2022:[1]
| Image | Name | Distribution | Elevation in metres (m) |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume | East Malaysia to Papuasia | 0– 600 m |
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Phalaenopsis amboinensis J.J.Smith | Ambon Island, Sulawesi, Papua and New Guinea and Indonesia | |
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Phalaenopsis aphrodite Rchb.f | Philippine Islands, Sulu Archipelago, and Taiwan | |
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Phalaenopsis appendiculata Carr | Pahang, Malaysia to northeastern Borneo | |
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Phalaenopsis bastianii O.Gruss & L.Röllke | the Philippines - Luzon, in the Sulu Archipelago | |
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Phalaenopsis bellina Christenson | Borneo | 200 m and below |
| Phalaenopsis boulbetii (Telepova) J.M.H.Shaw | Cambodia | ||
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Phalaenopsis buyssoniana Rchb. f. | Indochina, Thailand, and Vietnam | |
| Phalaenopsis cacharensis (Barbhuiya, B.K.Dutta & Schuit.) Kocyan & Schuit. | India (Cachar, Assam) | ||
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Phalaenopsis celebensis Sweet | Sulawesi | |
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Phalaenopsis chibae T.Yukawa | Vietnam | 400 – 600 m |
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Phalaenopsis cochlearis Holttum | Malaysia and Sarawak, Borneo | 450 – 700 m |
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Phalaenopsis corningiana Rchb. f. | Borneo | 450 – 610 m |
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Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi (Breda) Blume & Rchb.f. | India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines | 1000 m and below |
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Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. | India to SE Asia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines | 600 m and below |
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Phalaenopsis difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. | Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, western Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Malayasia, Laos, central and southern China, Vietnam, Borneo and Sumatra | 300 – 1600 m |
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Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson | Sabah | 150 m |
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Phalaenopsis equestris (Schauer) Rchb.f | Taiwan - Hsiao Lan Yü to the Philippines | 0 – 300 m. |
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Phalaenopsis fasciata Rchb.f | the Philippines | |
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Phalaenopsis fimbriata J.J.Sm. | Java, Sumatra and Sarawak | 790 – 1300 m. |
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Phalaenopsis finleyi Christenson | Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam | |
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Phalaenopsis floresensis Fowlie | island of Flores in Indonesia | 150 – 500 m |
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Phalaenopsis fuscata Rchb. f. | Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, to Philippines - Palawan island | 0 – 1000 m |
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Phalaenopsis gibbosa H.R.Sweet | Laos, northern Vietnam, South-Central China | 0 – 1000 m |
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Phalaenopsis gigantea J.J.Smith | Sabah, Borneo, Java and Sarawak | 0 – 400 m |
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Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica (Rchb.f) Sweet 1969 | the Philippines - Luzon, Leyte, Samar, Palawan, and Mindanao islands | |
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Phalaenopsis honghenensis F.Y. Liu | Yunnan, China and Vietnam | 2000 m |
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Phalaenopsis hygrochila J.M.H.Shaw | Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam | 700–1300 m |
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Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis Fowlie | Central Sumatra | 914 m and below |
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Phalaenopsis japonica (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. | W Yunnan, Zhejiang, Japan (Southern areas to Ryukyu Islands), Korea (Jeollanam-do). | 600 – 1400 m |
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Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm. | Western Java | |
| Phalaenopsis kapuasensis Metusala & P.O'Byrne | Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia | 50 – 200 m | |
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Phalaenopsis kunstleri Hook.f. | Myanmar to Malaysia | |
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Phalaenopsis lindenii Loher | the Philippines - Luzon island | 1000 – 1500 m |
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Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet | Himalayas, NE India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar and Vietnam | 366 – 1200 m |
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Phalaenopsis lowii Rchb.f | Myanmar, Thailand and Borneo | 800 m. |
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Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana Rchb.f | the Philippines | below 100 m. |
| Phalaenopsis luteola (Burb. ex Garay) Christenson & O.Gruss | Northwestern Borneo | ||
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Phalaenopsis maculata Rchb.f | Malaya to Borneo and Sulawesi | 0 – 1000 m |
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Phalaenopsis malipoensis Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen | China - Yunnan and Vietnam | |
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Phalaenopsis mannii Rchb.f | Indian Himalayas, Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, southern China and Vietnam | 500 – 1500 m |
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Phalaenopsis mariae Burbidge ex Warner & Williams | Northeastern Borneo to the Philippines - Mindanao | 600 m |
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Phalaenopsis marriottiana (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. | Guangxi China and Myanmar | 1300 m |
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Phalaenopsis mentawaiensis O.Gruss | Mentawai Islands of Sumatra | |
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Phalaenopsis micholitzii Rchb.f. | the Philippines - Mindanao island | 400 m |
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Phalaenopsis mirabilis (Seidenf.) Schuit. | Thailand and Vietnam | 680-1300 m |
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Phalaenopsis modesta J.J.Sm. | Borneo | 50 – 900 m |
| Phalaenopsis mysorensis C.J.Saldanha | Mysore, India and Sri Lanka | ||
| Phalaenopsis natmataungensis (T.Yukawa, Nob.Tanaka & J.Murata) Dalström & Ormerod | Myanmar | 1700 – 1950 m | |
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Phalaenopsis pallens (Lindley) Rchb.f | the Philippines - Luzon and Mindanao islands | 500 m |
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Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f. | Borneo | 0 – 800 m. |
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Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb.f. | eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam | below 500 m |
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Phalaenopsis philippinensis Golamco ex Fowlie & C.Z.Tang | the Philippines - Luzon island | up to 1200 m |
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Phalaenopsis pulcherrima (Lindl.) J.J.Sm. | Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Yunnan and Xizang China, Vietnam, Borneo and Sumatra | |
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Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet | the Philippines - Luzon island | 100 – 650 m |
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Phalaenopsis reichenbachiana Rchb.f. & Sander | the Philippines - Mindanao island | |
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Phalaenopsis robinsonii J.J.Sm. | Ambon, Maluku. the Moluccas | |
| Phalaenopsis rundumensis P.J.Cribb & A.L.Lamb | Sabah | ||
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Phalaenopsis sanderiana Rchb.f. | the Philippines - Mindanao island | |
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Phalaenopsis schilleriana Rchb.f | the Philippines - Luzon, Mindoro, and Biliran islands | 0 – 450 m |
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Phalaenopsis stobartiana Rchb.f. | China - southeastern Tibet to Guangxi | |
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Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f. | the Philippines - Mindanao island | below 300 m |
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Phalaenopsis subparishii (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit.. | N Fujian, N Guangdong, NE Guizhou, SW Hubei, Hunan, NE Sichuan, Zhejiang. | 300 – 1100 m |
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Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korth. & Rchb.f. | Indochina, Borneo to Philippines - Palawan island | 700 m |
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Phalaenopsis taenialis (Lindl.) Christenson & Pradhan 1986 | Himalayas, Assam India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, to China - Yunnan | 1000 – 2500 m |
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Phalaenopsis tetraspis Rchb.f. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands to northwestern Sumatra | 0 m. |
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Phalaenopsis thailandica O.Gruss & Roeth | Thailand | |
| Phalaenopsis tsii (M.H.Li, Z.J.Liu & S.R.Lan) Hua Deng, Z.J.Liu & Yan Wang | China (Hunan) | 1200 – 1850 m | |
| Phalaenopsis ubonensis (O.Gruss) J.M.H.Shaw | Thailand and Laos | 150-400 m | |
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Phalaenopsis venosa Shim & Fowlie | Celebes Islands, Sulawesi | 450-1000 m. |
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Phalaenopsis violacea Witte | Malaya to Sumatra | 150 m. |
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Phalaenopsis viridis J.J.Sm | Sumatra | 700 – 1000 m |
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Phalaenopsis wilsonii Rolfe | Sichuan, Eastern Tibet,Yunnan, and Guangxi, China, Vietnam, Tibet, Myanmar, India | 800 – 2200 m |
| Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit. | Yunnan China, Thailand and India | 1584 m | |
| Phalaenopsis zhejiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Schuit. | Zhejiang China | 300 – 900 m | |
| Phalaenopsis × amphitrite Kraenzl. | Mindanao, Philippines | ||
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Phalaenopsis × gersenii (Teijsm. & Binn.) Rolfe | Borneo and Sumatra | |
| Phalaenopsis × intermedia Lindl. | Philippines | ||
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Phalaenopsis × leucorrhoda Rchb.f. | Philippines | |
| Phalaenopsis × lotubela O.Gruss, Cavestro & G.Benk | Sumatra | ||
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Phalaenopsis × rolfeana H.R.Sweet | Philippines | |
| Phalaenopsis × singuliflora J.J.Sm. | Borneo | ||
| Phalaenopsis × valentinii Rchb.f. | Malaya | ||
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Phalaenopsis × veitchiana Rchb.f. | Philippines |
Newly described species[edit]
Several new species have been described recently and are listed as accepted species in the database of Kew, Plants of the World Online.
- Phalaenopsis arunachalensis K.Gogoi & Rinya (2020)[2]
- Phalaenopsis putaoensis X.H.Jin & H.A.Mung (2021)[3]
- Phalaenopsis yarlungzangboensis (2022) (first suggested name for Phalaenopsis medogensis) [4]
- Phalaenopsis medogensis X.H. Jin & C.B. Ma (2022)[5]
Intergeneric hybrids[edit]
The following is a list of intergeneric hybrids recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society that includes species of Phalaenopsis as ancestors, as at February 2022:[6]
- × Aeridopsis (Aerides × Phalaenopsis)
- × Arachnopsis (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis)
- × Cleisonopsis (Cleisocentron × Phalaenopsis)
- × Diplonopsis (Diploprora × Phalaenopsis)
- × Edeara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vandopsis)
- × Ernestara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vandopsis)
- × Eurynopsis (Eurychone × Phalaenopsis)
- × Laycockara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis)
- × Luinopsis (Luisia × Phalaenopsis)
- × Lutherara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Rhynchostylis )
- × Macekara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda × Vandopsis)
- × Moirara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda)
- × Parnataara (Aerides × Arachnis × Phalaenopsis)
- × Phalaerianda (Aerides × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
- × Phalandopsis (Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis)
- × Phalphalaenopsis (Phalaenopsis × Paraphalaenopsis)
- × Renanthopsis (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera )
- × Rhynchonopsis (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis)
- × Sappanara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)
- × Sarconopsis (Phalaenopsis × Sarcochilus)
- × Trevorara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
- × Trichonopsis (Phalaenopsis × Trichoglottis)
- × Uptonara (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Sarcochilus)
- × Vandaenopsis (Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
- × Yapara (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)
- × Yeepengara (Aerides × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)
The following artificial hybrids are listed at Plants of the World Online, although many of the parent genera are now synonyms of other genera, including Vanda, Renanthera and Phalaenopsis:
- × Asconopsis (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis)[7]
- × Beardara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis)[8]
- × Bogardara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda × Vandopsis)[9]
- × Bokchoonara (Arachnis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)[10]
- × Devereuxara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)[11]
- × Doriellaopsis (Doritis × Kingiella × Phalaenopsis)[12]
- × Doritaenopsis (Doritis × Phalaenopsis)[13]
- × Dresslerara (Ascoglossum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera )[14]
- × Hagerara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)[15]
- × Hausermannara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis)[16]
- × Himoriara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)[17]
- × Isaoara (Aerangis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)[18]
- × Lichtara (Doritis × Gastrochilus × Phalaenopsis)[19]
- × Meechaiara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)[20]
- × Nakagawaara (Aerides × Doritis × Phalaenopsis)[21]
- × Owensara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)[22]
- × Paulara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda)[23]
- × Pepeara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)[24]
- × Phaliella (Kingiella × Phalaenopsis)[25]
- × Pooleara (Ascocentrum × Ascoglossum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)[26]
- × Richardmizutaara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis)[27]
- × Rhyndoropsis (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis)[28]
- × Roseara (Doritis × Kingiella × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)[29]
- × Sidranara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)[30]
- × Sladeara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Sarcochilus)[31]
- × Stamariaara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda)[32]
- × Sutingara (Arachnis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda × Vandopsis)[33]
- × Trautara (Doritis × Luisia × Phalaenopsis)[34]
- ×Vandewegheara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)[35]
References[edit]
- ^ "Phalaenopsis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ Gogoi, K., & Rinya, K. (2020). "Phalaenopsis arunachalensis sp. nov.(Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Aeridinae)-A new epiphytic orchid from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India." Lankesteriana, 20(3), 275-280.
- ^ Aung, M. H., & Jin, X. (2021). Phalaenopsis putaoensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae, Vandeae), a new species from Kachin State, Myanmar. Phytotaxa, 484(2), 244-246.
- ^ Chong-Bo, M., Xi-Long, W., Wen-Shuai, C., Zheng, L., & Jin, X. H. (2022)."Phalaenopsis yarlungzangboensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae, Vandeae), a new species from Xizang, China." ARPHA Preprints, 3, e89376.
- ^ Ma C-B, Wang X-L, Chen W-S, Liu Z, Jin X-H (2022) Phalaenopsis medogensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Vandeae), a new species from Xizang, China. PhytoKeys 214: 39–46. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.93607
- ^ "Alphabetical one-table list of genera and intergeneric hybrids" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "× Asconopsis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Beardara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Bogardara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Bokchoonara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Devereuxara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Doriellaopsis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Doritaenopsis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Dresslerara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Hagerara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Hausermannara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Himoriara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Isaoara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Lichtara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Meechaiara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Nakagawaara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Owensara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Paulara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Pepeara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Phaliella". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Pooleara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Richardmizutaara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Rhyndoropsis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Roseara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Sidranara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Sladeara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Stamariaara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Sutingara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Trautara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "× Vandewegheara". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.