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Distribution of orchid species

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This page lists orchid species according to their respective distribution range.

Contents

Africa only

  • Agrostophyllum occidentale (Seychelles, N. Madagascar)
  • Agrostophyllum seychellarum (Seychelles)
  • Ancistrochilus rothschildianus (W. Trop. Africa to Uganda)
  • Ancistrochilus thomsonianus (S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa)
  • Northeast China only

  • Cypripedium agnicapitatum (Manchuria)
  • Cypripedium morinanthum (Manchuria)
  • Cypripedium neoparviflorum (Manchuria)
  • Cypripedium roseum (Manchuria)
  • Cypripedium sinapoides (Manchuria)
  • Taiwan only

  • Cypripedium formosanum (C Taiwan)
  • Cypripedium segawai (EC Taiwan)
  • China through Korea, Japan

  • Cypripedium debile (Japan, Taiwan, China)
  • Cypripedium japonicum (China, Korea, Japan)
  • Cypripedium shanxiense (China to N Japan)
  • China through Southeast Asia

  • Cypripedium lichiangense (China (SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan), NE Myanmar)
  • Cypripedium plectrochilum (N Myanmar to SC China)
  • Paphiopedilum appletonianum (Indochina to Hainan)
  • Paphiopedilum armeniacum (western Yunnan to northern Myanmar)
  • Paphiopedilum bellatulum (Southeast Yunnan, Guizhou, South Guangxi to Indochina)
  • Paphiopedilum charlesworthii (N. Myanmar to China - Yunnan)
  • Paphiopedilum concolor (China - YunNan, Guizhou, Guangxi to Indo-China)
  • Paphiopedilum hangianum (China - YunNan to Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum henryanum (China - SE. YunNan, Guangxi to N. Vietnam)
  • Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. esquirolei (China - YunNan, Guizhou, Guangxi to N. & E. Indo-China)
  • Paphiopedilum malipoense (S. China to N. Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum malipoense var. jackii (H.S.Hua) Aver. (SE Yunnan to N. Vietnam)
  • Paphiopedilum malipoense var. malipoense (China - SE. YunNan, SW. Guizhou, SW. Guangxi to N. Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum micranthum (China - SE. YunNan, W. & N. Guangxi, W. Guizhou to N. Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum wardii (China - SW. YunNan to Myanmar)
  • Paphiopedilum villosum var. annamense (Yunnan, Guangxi to Indo-China)
  • Pleione albiflora (China - W. Yunnan to N. Myanmar)
  • Pleione forrestii (China - NW. Yunnan)- to N. Myanmar)
  • Pleione grandiflora (China (- S. Yunnan to NW. Vietnam)
  • Pleione yunnanensis (SC. China to N. Myanmar)
  • Himalaya endemic

  • Agrostophyllum flavidum (Assam)
  • Agrostophyllum myrianthum (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh)
  • Paphiopedilum insigne (Assam - Meghalaya)
  • Paphiopedilum venustum (E. Nepal to NE. Bangladesh)
  • Pleione coronaria (C. Nepal)
  • Southern India, Sri Lanka endemic

  • Adrorhizon purpurascens (South India and Sri Lanka)
  • Paphiopedilum druryi (S. India)
  • Agrostophyllum zeylanicum (Sri Lanka)
  • South Asia through Himalaya through China, including Hainan

  • Agrostophyllum callosum (Nepal to Hainan)
  • Cypripedium cordigerum (N Pakistan to Himalaya, S Tibet)
  • Cypripedium elegans (E Nepal to China)
  • Cypripedium himalaicum (SE Tibet to Himalaya)
  • Cypripedium tibeticum (Sikkim to C China)
  • Paphiopedilum fairrieanum (E. Himalaya to Assam)
  • Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum (Assam to S. China)
  • Paphiopedilum parishii (Assam to China - W. YunNan)
  • Paphiopedilum villosum (Assam to S. China)
  • Pleione maculata (C. Himalaya to China - W. Yunnan)
  • Pleione praecox (WC. Himalaya to China - S. Yunnan)
  • Pleione saxicola (E. Bhutan to China - NW. Yunnan)
  • Pleione scopulorum (India - NE. Arunachal Pradesh to China - NW. Yunnan)
  • South Asia through Himalaya to Southeast Asia, possibly Pacific Islands

  • Acanthephippium bicolor (S. India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea)
  • Acanthephippium striatum (E. Himalaya to Java)
  • Acanthephippium sylhetense (Sikkim to Philippines)
  • Agrostophyllum brevipes (E. Himalaya to Indo-China)
  • Agrostophyllum planicaule (Himalaya to Indo-China)
  • Arundina graminifolia (India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South China to Indonesia and across the Pacific Islands)
  • Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. hirsutissimum (Assam to Myanmar)
  • Paphiopedilum spicerianum (Bhutan to NW. Myanmar)
  • Paphiopedilum villosum var. villosum (Assam to Thailand)
  • Pleione hookeriana (Nepal to China - SE. Yunnan to N. Guangdong- to Indo-China)
  • Pleione humilis (C. Himalaya to Myanmar)
  • Southeast Asia only

  • Acanthephippium gougahensis (Thailand, Vietnam)
  • Acanthephippium parviflorum (Vietnam, S. Sumatra to Java)
  • Agrostophyllum longifolium (Pen. Thailand to Malaysia)
  • Dendrochilum pallidiflavens (Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands)
  • Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. pallidiflavens (Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands)
  • Paphiopedilum barbatum (Pen. Thailand to Sumatra)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum (Indo-China to NW. Pen. Malaysia)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. callosum (Indo-China)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. warnerianum (Pen. Thailand to NW. Pen. Malaysia)
  • Paphiopedilum dixlerianum (Myanmar)
  • Paphiopedilum gratrixianum (Laos to Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum niveum (Pen. Thailand to N. Pen. Malaysia)
  • Paphiopedilum philippinense (Philippines to N. Borneo)
  • Paphiopedilum philippinense var. philippinense (Philippines to N. Borneo)
  • Paphiopedilum rhizomatosum (Myanmar)
  • Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii (Myanmar)
  • Continental Malaysia only

  • Agrostophyllum cyathiforme (W. Malaysia)
  • Agrostophyllum glumaceum (W. Malaysia)
  • Agrostophyllum javanicum (W. Malesia)
  • Agrostophyllum laxum (W. Malaysia)
  • Agrostophyllum stipulatum subsp. bicuspidatum (W. Malaysia)
  • Agrostophyllum tenue (W. Malaysia)
  • Dendrochilum carnosum (Malaysia)
  • Dendrochilum coccineum (Malaysia)
  • Dendrochilum gracile (Malaysia)
  • Dendrochilum gracile var. gracile (Malaysia)
  • Dendrochilum gramineum (Malaysia)
  • Paphiopedilum bullenianum (Malaysia)
  • Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. bullenianum (W. Malaysia)
  • Paphiopedilum lowii (W. & C. Malesia)
  • Paphiopedilum lowii var. lowii (W. & C. Malaysia)
  • Indonesia only, including whole of Borneo

  • Dendrochilum galeatum H.A.Pedersen 1995 publ. 1996 (Lesser Sunda Islands)
  • Paphiopedilum javanicum (Sumatra to Lesser Sunda Is.)
  • Paphiopedilum javanicum var. javanicum (Sumatra to Lesser Sunda Is.)
  • Paphiopedilum liemianum (N. Sumatra)
  • Paphiopedilum mastersianum (Lesser Sunda Is. to Maluku)
  • Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mastersianum (Maluku - Ambon, Buru)
  • Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mohrianum (Lesser Sunda Is. (Flores)
  • Java endemic

  • Agrostophyllum latilobum ( W. & C. Java)
  • Dendrochilum abbreviatum (Java)
  • Dendrochilum abbreviatum var. abbreviatum (Java)
  • Dendrochilum abbreviatum var. remiforme (Java)
  • Dendrochilum brachyotum (Java)
  • Dendrochilum edentulum var. edentulum (Java)
  • Dendrochilum oxyglossum (Java)
  • Dendrochilum spathaceum (Java)
  • Dendrochilum zollingeri (Java)
  • Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum (E. Java)
  • Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum var. glaucophyllum (E. Java)
  • Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum var. moquetteanum (SW. Java)
  • Sulawesi endemics, Malukus endemics, and species endemic to both

  • Agrostophyllum amboinense (Maluku - Ambon)
  • Agrostophyllum atrovirens (Maluku - Ambon)
  • Agrostophyllum simile (Sulawesi)
  • Agrostophyllum vanhulstijnii (Maluku)
  • Dendrochilum ambangense (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum celebesense (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum citrinum (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum edentulum var. patentibracteatum (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum erectilabium (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum eymae (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum heptaphyllum (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum latibrachiatum (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum longipedicellatum (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum macropterum (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum monodii (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum muriculatum (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum simplicissimum (Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum tenuissimum (Sulawesi)
  • Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. celebesense (Sulawesi to Maluku)
  • Paphiopedilum gigantifolium (SC. Sulawesi)
  • Paphiopedilum intaniae (Sulawesi)
  • Paphiopedilum lowii var. richardianum (Sulawesi)
  • Paphiopedilum sangii (N. Sulawesi)
  • Paphiopedilum schoseri (Sulawesi to Maluku)
  • Species native to more than one of the following: Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan

  • Acanthephippium javanicum (W. Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, New Guinea)
  • Acanthephippium splendidum (Sulawesi to SW. Pacific, New Guinea)
  • Agrostophyllum denbergeri (Sumatra to Java)
  • Agrostophyllum inocephalum (S. Taiwan to Philippines)
  • Agrostophyllum mearnsii (N. Borneo to Philippines)
  • Agrostophyllum sumatranum (W. Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Agrostophyllum trifidum (Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Dendrochilum angustifolium (Malaysia, Sumatra)
  • Dendrochilum aurantiacum (Sumatra, Java)
  • Dendrochilum crassum (Malaysia, Borneo)
  • Dendrochilum cornutum (Java, Sumatra)
  • Dendrochilum dewindtianum (Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Dendrochilum edentulum (Java, Sulawesi)
  • Dendrochilum exalatum (Sumatra, Java)
  • Dendrochilum glumaceum (Philippines, Borneo)
  • Dendrochilum kingii (Malaysia, Borneo to Philippines)
  • Dendrochilum kingii var. kingii (Malaysia, Borneo to Philippines)
  • Dendrochilum longifolium (Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea)
  • Dendrochilum linearifolium (Malaysia, Sumatra)
  • Dendrochilum odoratum (Malaysia, Sumatra)
  • Dendrochilum simile (Sumatra, Java, Malaysia, Lesser Sunda Islands)
  • Dendrochilum uncatum' (Philippines, Taiwan)
  • Dendrochilum uncatum var. uncatum(Philippines, Taiwan)
  • Dendrochilum vaginatum J.J.Sm. 1904 (Sumatra, Java)
  • Thailand only

  • Dendrochilum viride (Thailand)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. potentianum
  • Paphiopedilum exul (Pen. Thailand)
  • Paphiopedilum godefroyae (Pen. Thailand)
  • Paphiopedilum sukhakulii (NE. Thailand)
  • Paphiopedilum thaianum
  • Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum (Kanchanaburi)
  • Vietnam only

  • Paphiopedilum delenatii (SE. Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum helenae (N. Vietnam - Cao Bang Prov)
  • Paphiopedilum tranlienianum (Viet Nam).
  • Paphiopedilum tranlienianum f. alboviride (Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum vietnamense (Viet Nam)
  • Pleione vietnamensis (SC. Vietnam)
  • Southeast Asia through New Guinea and Pacific Islands

  • Agrostophyllum elongatum (Malaysia to W. Pacific)
  • Agrostophyllum majus (Pen. Thailand to Vanuatu)
  • Agrostophyllum stipulatum (Indo-China, Malaysia to Solomon Is.)
  • Agrostophyllum parviflorum (Maluku to New Guinea)
  • Agrostophyllum stipulatum subsp. stipulatum (Indo-China, Malaysia to Solomon Is.)
  • Europe through Asia

  • Cypripedium calceolus (Europe to Japan)
  • Cypripedium macranthum (E Belarus to temperate E Asia)
  • New Guinea through Pacific Islands

  • Agrostophyllum curvilabre (New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
  • Agrostophyllum graminifolium (New Guinea to Vanuatu)
  • Agrostophyllum leucocephalum (New Guinea to SW. Pacific)
  • Agrostophyllum megalurum (New Guinea to W. Pacific)
  • Agrostophyllum paniculatum ( New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
  • Agrostophyllum superpositum (New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
  • Agrostophyllum torricellense (New Guinea to S. Vanuatu)
  • Pacific Islands endemic

  • Agrostophyllum aristatum (Fiji)
  • Agrostophyllum kusaiense (Caroline Is.)
  • Agrostophyllum palawense (Caroline Is. - Palau)
  • Earina aestivalis (New Zealand)
  • Earina autumnalis (New Zealand)
  • Earina mucronata (New Zealand)
  • Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum (Solomon Islands)
  • Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum var. bougainvilleanum (North Solomons)
  • Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum var. saskianum (South Solomons)
  • Paphiopedilum wentworthianum (Solomon Is.)
  • North America only

  • Arethusa bulbosa (Eastern Canada, Eastern North America)
  • Cypripedium acaule (C. and E. Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
  • Cypripedium × andrewsii (C. candidum × C. parviflorum var. pubescens) (E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A)
  • Cypripedium arietinum (C & E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A)
  • Cypripedium candidum (SE Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
  • Cypripedium × columbianum (W Canada, NW U.S.A)
  • Cypripedium fasciculatum (W U.S.A)
  • Cypripedium kentuckiense (C & E U.S.A)
  • Cypripedium parviflorum (Canada, E U.S.A).
  • Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum (Canada, E U.S.A.)
  • Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (N. America)
  • Cypripedium passerinum (Alaska to Canada, Montana)
  • Cypripedium reginae (C & E Canada, NC & E. U.S.A)
  • Pacific Coast only

  • Cypripedium × alaskanum (Alaska)
  • Cypripedium californicum (Oregon, N. California)
  • Cypripedium montanum (Alaska to California)
  • Canadian Prairies only

  • Cypripedium x herae (Manitoba, Canada)
  • Mexico endemics

  • Alamania punicea (Mexico)
  • Artorima erubescens (Mexico)
  • Burnsbaloghia diaphana (Mexico)
  • Cypripedium molle (Mexico)
  • Dithyridanthus densiflorus (Mexico)
  • Hintonella mexicana (Mexico)
  • Mexicoa ghiesbreghtiana (Mexico)
  • Papperitzia leiboldii (Mexico)
  • Pseudocranichis thysanochila (Mexico)
  • Mexico through Central and South America endemics

  • Brassavola cucullata (Mexico to N. South America)
  • Brassavola nodosa (Mexico to Trop. America: Belize)
  • Brassavola venosa (SE. Mexico to C. America)
  • Cypripedium dickinsonianum (Mexico (S Chiapas) to Guatemala)
  • Cypripedium irapeanum (Mexico to Honduras)
  • Mexipedium xerophyticum (Oaxaca, Mexico)
  • Phragmipedium exstaminodium (Mexico - Chiapas to Guatemala)
  • Central America and Caribbean Islands

  • Brassavola acaulis (C. America: Belize)
  • Brassavola subulifolia (Jamaica)
  • Brassavola gillettei (Trinidad)
  • Brassavola harrisii (Jamaica)
  • Cattleya dowiana (Costa Rica)
  • Phragmipedium popowii (Costa Rica to Panama)
  • Central America and Caribbean Islands through South America

  • Brassavola grandiflora (C. America to Colombia)
  • Cattleya aurea (S. Panama to Colombia)
  • Cattleya gaskelliana (Colombia to Trinidad)
  • Phragmipedium longifolium (Costa Rica to Ecuador)
  • Pantropical South America endemics

    includes all tropical regions in South America:

  • Brassavola martiana (S. Trop. America)
  • Andes endemics

    includes portions of countries along the Andean cordillera: Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia.

  • Cattleya iricolor (Ecuador to Peru)
  • Northern South America endemics

    spans several of these entities: Venezuela, Guyana, French Guyana, and northern parts of Brazil, Peru, and Argentina.

  • Brassavola gardneri (French Guiana, Brazil)
  • Brassavola retusa (Venezuela, N. Brazil to Peru)
  • Brassavola tuberculata (Brazil to Peru and NE. Argentina)
  • Cattleya jenmanii (Venezuela to Guyana)
  • Cattleya lawrenceana (Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil)
  • Cattleya lueddemanniana (N. Venezuela)
  • Phragmipedium klotzschianum (SE. Venezuela to Guyana and N. Brazil)
  • Phragmipedium lindenii (Venezuela to Ecuador)
  • Phragmipedium lindleyanum (N. South America to Brazil - Pernambuco)
  • Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum (Venezuela)
  • Selenipedium steyermarkii (Brazil, Venezuela)
  • Southern South America endemics

    spans several of these entities: southern Brazil, and the countries Paraguay and Uruguay.

  • Cattleya intermedia (SE. & S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
  • Cattleya loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina)
  • Cattleya loddigesii subsp. loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina)
  • Bolivia only

  • Phragmipedium caricinum (Bolivia)
  • Brazil endemics

  • Brassavola duckeana (Brazil)
  • Brassavola fasciculata (Brazil)
  • Brassavola flagellaris (Brazil)
  • Brassavola fragans (Brazil)
  • Brassavola reginae (Brazil)
  • Brassavola revoluta (Brazil)
  • Brassavola rhomboglossa (WC. & S. Brazil)
  • Cattleya aclandiae (Brazil)
  • Cattleya amethystoglossa (Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor (SE. Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. bicolor (Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis (Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgeraiensis (Brazil)
  • Cattleya dormaniana (Brazil)
  • Cattleya elongata (Brazil)
  • Cattleya forbesii (Brazil)
  • Cattleya granulosa (Brazil)
  • Cattleya guttata (Brazil).
  • Cattleya harrisoniana (SE. Brazil).
  • Cattleya kerrii (Brazil).
  • Cattleya labiata (Brazil)
  • Cattleya loddigesii subsp. purpurea (Brazil)
  • Cattleya porphyroglossa (Brazil).
  • Cattleya schilleriana (Brazil).
  • Cattleya schofieldiana (Brazil)
  • Cattleya tenuis (NE. Brazil).
  • Cattleya tigrina (SE. & S. Brazil)
  • Cattleya velutina (Brazil)
  • Cattleya walkeriana (WC. & SE. Brazil)
  • Cattleya wallisii (N. Brazil)
  • Cattleya warneri (E. Brazil)
  • Phragmipedium brasiliense
  • Phragmipedium chapadense
  • Phragmipedium vittatum (WC. & SE. Brazil)
  • Selenipedium isabelianum
  • Selenipedium palmifolium
  • Selenipedium vanillocarpum
  • Colombia endemics

  • Brassavola filifolia (Colombia)
  • Cattleya candida (Colombia)
  • Cattleya mendelii (NE. Colombia)
  • Cattleya schroderae (NE. Colombia)
  • Cattleya trianae (Colombia)
  • Cattleya warscewiczii (Colombia)
  • Phragmipedium schlimii
  • Colombia through Ecuador

  • Phragmipedium warszewiczianum
  • Ecuador only

  • Phragmipedium andreettae
  • Phragmipedium besseae var. dalessandroi (S. Ecuador)
  • Phragmipedium fischeri
  • Phragmipedium hirtzii (N. Ecuador)
  • Phragmipedium × roethianum
  • Selenipedium aequinoctiale
  • Ecuador through Peru

  • Phragmipedium besseae (Ecuador to N. Peru)
  • Phragmipedium besseae var. besseae (E. Ecuador to N. Peru)
  • Phragmipedium boissierianum (S. Ecuador to Peru)
  • Phragmipedium boissierianum var. czerwiakowianum (S. Ecuador to Peru)
  • Phragmipedium pearcei (Ecuador to N. Peru)
  • Phragmipedium reticulatum
  • Peru endemics

  • Cattleya mooreana (Peru)
  • Phragmipedium boissierianum var. boissierianum
  • Phragmipedium kovachii (Peru – San Martin)
  • Phragmipedium richteri
  • Other South America endemics

    spans several South American countries and does not fit in any of the above:

  • Cattleya luteola (N. Brazil, Ecuador to Bolivia)
  • Cattleya maxima (Venezuela to Peru)
  • Siberia only, or through Korea, Japan, and Alaska, or circumpolar

  • Calypso bulbosa (circumpolar)
  • Cypripedium × catherinae (Russian Far East)
  • Cypripedium guttatum (European Russia to Korea, Alaska to Yukon)
  • Cypripedium × ventricosum (Russia to Korea)
  • Cypripedium yatabeanum (Russian Far East to N & NC Japan, Aleutian Islands to SW Alaska)
  • References

    Distribution of orchid species Wikipedia