Currently, there are two sections in the genus "Pleione"*section Pleione (includes the autumn-flowered species) : "P." × "lagenaria, P. maculata, P. praecox, P. saxicola"*section Humiles (includes the spring-flowering species) : "P. albiflora, P. bulbocodioides, P. chunii, P." × "confusa, P. coronaria, P. formosana, P. forrestii,¨P.
& Paxton, 1851 ("Pleione maculata" × "Pleione praecox")* "Pleione × moelleri" Braem, 1999 = "Pleione × barbarae"* "Pleione × mohrii" Braem, 1999 = "Pleione × barbarae"* "Pleione × taliensis" P.J.Cribb & Butterf., 1999 ("Pleione bulbocodioides" × "Pleione yunnanensis")Различают две группы плейоне.