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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. 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.
Nova Acta Regiae Soc.Sci.Upsal. ser. 2, 6:70 (1799)
Cyrtostylis R.Br.
Mosquito Orchids Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 322 (1810)
Dendrobium Sw.
Nova Acta Regiae Soc.Sci.Upsal. ser. 1, 6:82 (1799)
Didymoplexis Griff.
Calcutta J.Nat.Hist. 4:383, Tab. 17 (1844)
Dipodium R.Br.
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.
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.
Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 322 (1810)
Eulophia R.Br.
Bot.Reg. 7:ad t. 573 (1821)
Gastrodia R.Br.
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.
Sp.Pl. Edn. 4, 4:5, 44 (1805)
Hydrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Orchadian 13:462 (2002)
Leporella A.S.George
Nuytsia 1:183 (1971)
Leptoceras (R.Br.) Lindl.
Sketch Veg.Swan R. liii (1840)
Liparis Rich.
De Orchid.Eur. 21, 30, 38 (1817)
Lyperanthus R.Br.
Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 325 (1810)
Microtis R.Br.
Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 320 (1810)
Monadenia Lindl.
Gen.Sp.Orchid.Pl. p356 (1840)
Nervilia Gaudich.
Voy.Uranie [Freycinet] 4:5, Pl. 35 (1829)
Oligochaetochilus Szlach.
Polish Bot.J. 46(1):23 (2001)
Paracaleana Blaxell
Contr.New South Wales Natl.Herb. 4(3):280 (1972)
Pecteilis Raf.
Fl.Tellur. 2:37-38 (1837)
Pheladenia D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Orchadian 13:411 (2001)
Phoringopsis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Orchadian 13(10):457 (2002)
Plumatichilos Szlach.
Polish Bot.J. 46:22 (2001)
Praecoxanthus Hopper & A.P.Br.
Lindleyana 15:124 (2000)
Prasophyllum R.Br.
Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 317 (1810)
Pterostylis R.Br.
Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 326 (1810)
Pyrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Phytologia 77:448 (1994)
Rhizanthella R.S.Rogers
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 15:1, t. I, II. (1928)
Rostranthus ms
Spiculaea Lindl.
Edwards's Bot.Reg. plvi. (1839)
Spiranthes Rich.
De Orchid.Eur. 20, 28, 36 (1817)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Char.Gen.Pl. p97, t. 49. (1775)
×Cyanthera Hopper & A.P.Br.
Austral.Syst.Bot. 17:233 (2004)
×Drakodenia ms
Zeuxine Lindl.
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.