Browse the Western Australian Flora

Browse the complete list of WA’s families of plants, fungi, algae and protists. Icons to the right indicate additional content available, and the navigation element to the left of each name will expand the family listing to include its component genera. The same functions are then available for the genera in order to display all WA species for that group.

	Orchidaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789)
	*Acianthus* R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 321 (1810)
	*Anzybas* D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Orchadian 13(10):442-443 (2002)
	*Arthrochilus* F.Muell. Fragm. (Mueller) 1:42 (1858)
	*Burnettia* Lindl. Gen.Sp.Orchid.Pl. 517 (1840)
	*Caladenia* R.Br. Fairy Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 323 (1810)
	*Caleana* R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 329 (1810)
	*Calochilus* R.Br. Beard Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 320 (1810)
	*Chiloglottis* R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 322-323 (1810)
	*Corunastylis* Fitzg. Pygmy Orchids Australian Orchids 2(3):unnumbered page, 1st (1888)
	*Corybas* Salisb. Parad.Lond. Tab. 83 (1805)
	*Corysanthes* R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 328 (1810)
	*Cryptostylis* R.Br. Slipper Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 317 (1810)
	*Cyanicula* Hopper & A.P.Br. Blue Orchids Lindleyana 15:120 (2000)
	*Cymbidium* Sw. Boat-lipped Orchids Nova Acta Regiae Soc.Sci.Upsal. ser. 2, 6:70 (1799)
	*Cyrtostylis* R.Br. Mosquito Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 322 (1810)
	*Dendrobium* Sw. Butterfly Orchids Nova Acta Regiae Soc.Sci.Upsal. ser. 1, 6:82 (1799)
	*Didymoplexis* Griff. Crystal Orchids Calcutta J.Nat.Hist. 4:383, Tab. 17 (1844)
	*Dipodium* R.Br. Hyacinth Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 330 (1810)
	*Disa* Bergius South African Orchids Descr.Pl.Cap. 348-349 (1767)
	*Diuris* Sm. Donkey Orchids Trans.Linn.Soc.London,Bot. 4:222 (1798)
	*Drakaea* Lindl. Hammer Orchids Edwards's Bot.Reg. lv (1839)
	*Drakonorchis* Hopper & A.P.Br. Orchids of South-West Australia Ed. 2, 189 (1992)
	*Elythranthera* (Endl.) A.S.George Enamel Orchids W.Austral.Naturalist 9:6 (1963)
	*Empusa* Lindl. Sphinx Orchids Bot.Reg. 10: sub. t. 825 (1824)
	*Epiblema* R.Br. Babe-in-a-cradle Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 315 (1810)
	*Ericksonella* Hopper & A.P.Br. Sugar Orchid Austral.Syst.Bot. 17:208-210 (2004)
	*Eriochilus* R.Br. Bunny Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 322 (1810)
	*Eulophia* R.Br. Corduroy Orchids Bot.Reg. 7:ad t. 573 (1821)
	*Gastrodia* R.Br. Potato Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 330 (1810)
	*Genoplesium* R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 319 (1810)
	*Geodorum* Andrews Bot.Repos. 10(128-131): Pl. 626 (1811)
	*Glycorchis* D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Orchadian 13(9):404 (2001)
	*Goadbyella* R.S.Rogers Trans.& Proc.Roy.Soc.South Australia 51:294 (1927)
	*Habenaria* Willd. Rein Orchids Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] Edn. 4, 4:5, 44 (1805)
	*Hydrorchis* D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Orchadian 13:462 (2002)
	*Leporella* A.S.George Hare Orchid Nuytsia 1:183 (1971)
	*Leptoceras* (R.Br.) Lindl. Rabbit Orchid Sketch Veg.Swan R. liii (1840)
	*Liparis* Rich. De Orchid.Eur. 21, 30, 38 (1817)
	*Lyperanthus* R.Br. Rattle Beaks Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 325 (1810)
	*Microtis* R.Br. Mignonette Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 320 (1810)
	*Monadenia* Lindl. Gen.Sp.Orchid.Pl. p356 (1840)
	*Nervilia* Gaudich. Shield Orchids Voy.Uranie [Freycinet] 4:5, Pl. 35 (1829)
	*Oligochaetochilus* Szlach. Polish Bot.J. 46(1):23 (2001)
	*Paracaleana* Blaxell Duck Orchids Contr.New South Wales Natl.Herb. 4(3):280 (1972)
	*Pecteilis* Raf. White Hood Orchids Fl.Tellur. 2:37-38 (1837)
	*Pheladenia* D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Blue Fairy Orchid Orchadian 13:411 (2001)
	*Phoringopsis* D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Truffle Orchids Orchadian 13(10):457 (2002)
	*Plumatichilos* Szlach. Polish Bot.J. 46:22 (2001)
	*Praecoxanthus* Hopper & A.P.Br. Leafless Orchid Lindleyana 15:124 (2000)
	*Prasophyllum* R.Br. Leek Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 317 (1810)
	*Pterostylis* R.Br. Greenhoods Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 326 (1810)
	*Pyrorchis* D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Beak Orchids Phytologia 77:448 (1994)
	*Rhizanthella* R.S.Rogers Underground Orchids J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 15:1, t. I, II. (1928)
	Rostranthus ms
	*Spiculaea* Lindl. Elbow Orchid Edwards's Bot.Reg. plvi. (1839)
	*Spiranthes* Rich. Ladies Tresses De Orchid.Eur. 20, 28, 36 (1817)
	*Thelymitra* J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Sun Orchids Char.Gen.Pl. p97, t. 49. (1775)
	×*Cyanthera* Hopper & A.P.Br. Mauve Rare Orchid Austral.Syst.Bot. 17:233 (2004)
	×Drakodenia ms
	*Zeuxine* Lindl. Verdant Jewel Orchids Collect.Bot. Append.: no. 18 (1826)

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A taxon name that is no longer current will retain its ‘Threatened’, ‘Extinct’, or ‘Extinct in the Wild’ status until a new name has been published in a Biodiversity Conservation Order.