The Orchidaceae
or orchid family is a diverse and widespread family of
flowering plants with colorful and fragrant blooms. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families
of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species, found in 880 genera.[1][2] Selecting which of the two families is
larger remains elusive because of the difficulties associated with putting hard
species numbers on such enormous groups. Regardless, the number of orchid
species equals more than twice the number of bird
species, and about four times the number of mammal species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants.[3] The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species).
The
family also includes Vanilla (the genus of the
vanilla plant), Orchis (type genus), and many commonly cultivated plants
such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya. Moreover, since the introduction of
tropical species in the 19th century, horticulturists have produced more than 100,000 hybrids and cultivars.
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