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Issue: Vol. 752 No. 2: 22 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.752.2.6
Page range: 163-174
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Expansion of Habenaria to include Cooktownia, Diplomeris, Herminium, Pecteilis and Peristylus (Habenariinae; Orchidaceae)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Ex situ Conservation and Use, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxinchun 20, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China
Hortus Botanicus TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Technology, Poortlandplein 6, 2628 BM Delft, The Netherlands
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
Bonatea Orchideae orchid classification pantropical orchid genera Monocots

Abstract

To remedy the non-monophyly of Habenaria as demonstrated in several phylogenetic analyses, we propose here to expand the limits of the genus to include the species of Cooktownia, Diplomeris, Herminium, Pecteilis and Peristylus. Previously, Androcorys, Bhutanthera, Frigidorchis and Porolabium were synonymised with Herminium, and Bonatea, Centrostigma, Platycoryne and Roeperocharis with Habenaria. The proposed 16 new names and 69 combinations make Habenaria among the largest genera of Orchidaceae with roughly 1160 species.

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How to Cite

Chase, M.W., Jin, X., Christenhusz, M.J.M. & Schuiteman, A. (2026) Expansion of Habenaria to include Cooktownia, Diplomeris, Herminium, Pecteilis and Peristylus (Habenariinae; Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa 752 (2): 163–174. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.752.2.6