The plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae represent a pinnacle of evolutionary success in the plant kingdom. Represented by approximately twenty-five thousand species, they are possibly the largest family of flowering plants on Earth. Although...

Orchidaceae, also called the Orchid family, is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae). [1] [2] Its name is derived from the genus Orchis. The Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew list 880 genera and nearly 22,000 accepted species, but the...

Summary. The identity of Lindley's Eulophia filicaulis, said to have been collected by Karwinsky in Mexico, is discussed. It is confirmed as belonging to the genus Eulophia and to be conspecific with the West African E. ramifera Summerh. However, its presence in the...

Summary. Typifications of 11 species names are presented as a result of work on a taxonomic revision of the genus Prescottia Lindl. Key words. Orchidaceae, Prescottia, lectotypification. Introduction Prescottia Lindi, includes 24 species (Ackerman 2003), of which 17 occur in Brazil...

Describes orchid mycorrhiza and examines its impact on plant fitness from germination through seedling stage. Provides an overview of the latest findings regarding OM as a factor that affects the recruitment (and subsequent infection) of orchid seeds as well as their ecological and/or substrate distributions.