Resources for Identifying Orchids

North America

General
eFloras of North America: http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1
ResearchGate

Regional
California
The Wild Orchids of California. Coleman. Published 1995. (Some taxonomy is slightly outdated, but the notes on each species are exceedingly detailed).

Specific Clades
Spiranthes romanzoffiana complex (S. romanzoffiana, S. × stellata, S. perexilis, S. × sierrae, S. porrifolia)

The evolutionary and systematic significance of hybridization between taxa of Spiranthes (Orchidaceae) in the California Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range. Pace & Cameron 2019.

Spiranthes cernua complex

A Systematic Survey of the Spiranthes cernua species Complex (Orchidaceae) in New York. Hough & Young 2021.
The Systematics of the Spiranthes cernua Species Complex (Orchidaceae): Untangling the Gordian Knot. Pace & Cameron 2019.
Spiranthes bightensis (Orchidaceae), a New and Rare Cryptic Hybrid Species Endemic to the U. S. Mid-Atlantic Coast. Pace 2021.
Reinstatement, Redescription, and Emending oof Spiranthes triloba (Orchidaceae): Solving a 118 year old cryptic puzzle. Pace & Cameron 2016.

Europe

General
POWO: http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/
'Field Guide to the orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean'
ResearchGate

Specific Clades
Azorean Platanthera
Systematic revision of Platanthera in the Azorean archipelago: not one but three species, including arguably Europe’s rarest orchid. Bateman et al. 2013. https://peerj.com/articles/218/

Asia

General
ResearchGate

Regional
China
eFloras of China: http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2

Specific Clades
Spiranthes sinensis complex

Illuminating the systematics of the Spiranthes sinensis species complex (Orchidaceae): ecological speciation with little morphological differentiation. Pace et al. 2018.

Africa

Specific Clades
Eulophia

Brachycorythis

A Revision of the Genus Brachycorythis. Summerhayes 1955. (Old, but contains good descriptions)

Australia

Regional
Victoria

Orchidaceae in Flora of Victoria: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/8b0d8fd4-1b56-449f-a2de-2b153e84399c
Bush Beauties: The Wild Orchids of Victoria. Backhouse. Published 2019.

New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory
Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT. Copeland & Backhouse. Published 2022.

Specific Clades
Spider Orchids: Caladenia Orchids of Australia. Backhouse. Published 2020.

New Zealand

General
https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/

Specific Clades
Corybas trilobus complex

Five new species of Corybas (Diurideae, Orchidaceae) endemic to New Zealand and phylogeny of the Nematoceras clade. Lehnebach et al 2016.

Corybas rivularis complex

A Taxonomic Review of Corybas rivularis (Orchidaceae) – Inferred from Molecular and Morphological Analyses. 2016.

New Caledonia

General
https://endemia.nc/en/

Southeast Asia

Regional
New Guinea
http://www.orchidsnewguinea.com/orchid-information/species/speciescode/887

Specific Clades

New orchid species of Sigmatodactylus (Orchidoideae; Diurideae) and a new record of Cryptostylis carinata from central Palawan, Philippines. Robinson et al. 2016

General Orchid Taxonomy

An updated classification of Orchidaceae. Chase et al. 2015
New subtribe Pachitinae (Orchideae) of Orchidaceae: Evidence from morphological and molecular analyses. Chen et al. 2017

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