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The genus Calanthe is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Calanthe

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Calanthe abbreviata (Blume) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe aceras Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe actinomorpha Fukuy.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe alba W.Suarez & Cootes	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe × albolilacina J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe albolutea Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe alismatifolia Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Calanthe alismifolia Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe alleizettii Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe allizettei Gagnep.	Accepted		TRO
Calanthe alpina Hook.f. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe alta Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe angustifolia (Blume) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe anthropophora Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe arcuata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe arfakana J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe argenteostriata C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe arisanensis Hayata	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe aristulifera Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe aruank P.Royen	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe atjehensis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe aurantiaca Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe aureiflora J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe balansae Finet	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe baliensis J.J.Wood & J.B.Comber	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe bicalcarata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe biloba Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe brevicornu Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe calanthoides (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Hamer & Garay	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe camptoceras Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe cardioglossa Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe carrii Govaerts	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe caulescens J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe caulodes J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe ceciliae Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe chevalieri Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe chloroleuca Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe chrysoglossoides J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe chrysoleuca Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe clavata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe clavicalcar J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe cleistogama Holttum	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe coiloglossa Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe conspicua Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe coreana Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe cremeoviridis J.J.Wood	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe crenulata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe cruciata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe crumenata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe davaensis Ames	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe davidii Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe densiflora Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe dipteryx Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe discolor Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe × dominyi Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe dulongensis H.Li, R.Li & Z.L.Dao	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe duyana Aver.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe ecallosa J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe ecarinata Rolfe ex Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe emeishanica K.Y.Lang & Z.H.Tsi	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe engleriana Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe englishii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe epiphytica Carr	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe fargesii Finet	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe finisterrae Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe fissa L.O.Williams	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe flava (Blume) C.Morren	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe forbesii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe fragrans P.Royen	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe fugongensis X.H.Jin & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe fulgens Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe geelvinkensis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe gibbsiae Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe graciliflora Hayata	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe graciliscapa Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe griffithii Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe halconensis Ames	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe hancockii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe hattorii Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe hennisii Loher	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe henryi Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe herbacea Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe hirsuta Seidenf.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe hololeuca Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe hoshii S.Kobay.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe humbertii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe hyacinthina Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe imthurnii Kores	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe inflata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe izu-insularis (Satomi) Ohwi & Satomi	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe johorensis Holttum	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe jusnerii Boxall ex Náves	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe kaniensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe kemulensis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe keshabii Lucksom	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe kinabaluensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe labellicauda Gilli	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe labrosa (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe lacerata Ames	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe lechangensis Z.H.Tsi & Tang	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe leucosceptrum Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe limprichtii Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe longibracteata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe longifolia Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe lutiviridis P.Royen	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe lyroglossa Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe madagascariensis Rolfe ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe mannii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe maquilingensis Ames	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe maxii P.O'Byrne	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe mcgregorii Ames	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe metoensis Z.H.Tsi & K.Y.Lang	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe micrantha Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe microglossa Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe millotae Ursch & Genoud ex Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe mindorensis Ames	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe moluccensis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe monophylla Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe muelleri Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe nankunensis Z.H.Tsi	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe nicolae P.O'Byrne	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe nipponica Makino	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe nivalis Boxall ex Náves	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe oblanceolata Ohwi & T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe obreniformis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe odora Griff.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe oreadum Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe otuhanica C.L.Chan & T.J.Barkman	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe ovalifolia Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe ovata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe papuana (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe parvilabris Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe pauciverrucosa J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe pavairiensis Ormerod	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe petelotiana Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe pilosa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe plantaginea Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe polyantha Gilli	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe puberula Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe pulchra (Blume) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe pullei J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe rajana J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe reflexa Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe reflexilabris J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe repens Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe rhodochila Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe rigida Carr	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe rosea (Lindl.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe rubens Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe ruttenii J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe saccata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe sacculata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe salaccensis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe sanderiana B.S.Williams	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe seranica J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe shelfordii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe sieboldii Decne. ex Regel	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe simplex Seidenf.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe sinica Z.H.Tsi	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe spathoglottoides Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe speciosa (Blume) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe stenophylla Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe stevensiana Regnier ex Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe striata R.Br. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe × subhamata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe succedanea Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe taenioides J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe tahitensis Nadeaud	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe tenuis Ames & C.Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe torricellensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe transiens J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe triantherifera Nadeaud	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe tricarinata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe trifida Tang & F.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe trulliformis King & Pantl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe truncata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe truncicola Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe tsoongiana Tang & F.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe uncata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe undulata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe unifolia Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe vaginata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe × varians J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe velutina Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe ventilabrum Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe versteegii J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe vestita Wall. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe villosa J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe whiteana King & Pantl.	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe yuana Tang & F.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe yuksomnensis Lucksom	Accepted		WCSP
Calanthe zollingeri Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 400 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Calanthe. Of these 194 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 83 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Calanthe. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 400 species names for the genus Calanthe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	194	48.5%
◕	Synonym	184	46.0%
◕	Unplaced	18	4.5%
◕	Unassessed	4	1.0%

All names

The status of the 483 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Calanthe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	201	41.6%
◕	Synonym	260	53.8%
◕	Unplaced	18	3.7%
◕	Unassessed	4	0.8%

Of these names,

• 10 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 400 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Calanthe, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	167	71	0	0	238	59.5%
	Medium confidence	2	3	0	0	5	1.3%
	Low confidence	25	110	18	4	157	39.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Calanthe, are as follows: