page_title: List of Orchidaceae genera
section_title: C
hierarchical_section_title: List of Orchidaceae genera / Genera / C
caption_attribution_description: Flor de Orquidea Chloraea crispa
context_page_description: This is a list of genera in the orchid family, originally according to The Families of Flowering Plants - L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the Orchid Research Newsletter which is published twice a year by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The most up to date list of accepted; genera, natural nothogenera, species and natural nothospecies with their synonyms can be found on the World Checklist of Selected Plants Families Search Page published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This list is reflected on Wikispecies Orchidaceae and the new eMonocot website Orchidaceae Juss.
  This taxonomy undergoes constant change, mainly through evidence from DNA study. Orchids were traditionally defined by morphological similarity. However, recent changes to nomenclature have been driven primarily by DNA studies and also by re-examination of herbarium specimens. This has led to a reduction of genera and species as well as re-circumscription of sub-families, tribes and sub-tribes. Orchid taxonomy is still being revised and each year about another 150 new species are being discovered.
context_section_description: Cadetia Gaudich.
  Caladenia R.Br.
  Calanthe R.Br.
  Caleana R.Br.
  Callostylis
  Calochilus R.Br.: bearded orchids
  Calopogon R.Br.: grasspink
  Caluera
  Calymmanthera
  Calypso Salisb.: fairy-slipper orchid
  Calyptrochilum
  Camaridium
  Campanulorchis
  Campylocentrum: bent-spur orchid
  Capanemia
  Cardiochilus
  Catasetum
  ×Catcylaelia J.M.H.Shaw (Cattleya × Encyclia × Laelia)
  Cattleya Lindl.
  Cattleyella Van den Berg & M.W.Chase
  Cattleyopsis Lemaire
  ×Catyclia J.M.H.Shaw (Cattleya × Encyclia)
  Caucaea
  Caularthron Raf.
  ×Caultonia Griffits & J.M.H.Shaw (Broughtonia × Caularthron)
  Centroglossa
  Centrostigma Schltr.
  Cephalanthera Rich.: some helleborines, phantom orchid
  Cephalantheropsis
  Ceraia
  Ceratandra
  Ceratocentron
  Ceratochilus
  Ceratostylis Blume
  ×Chadwickara G.Monnier & J.M.H.Shaw (Pabstia × Zygopetalum × Zygosepalum)
  Chamaeangis
  Chamaeanthus
  Chamaegastrodia
  Chamelophyton
  Chamorchis
  Changnienia
  Chaseella
  Chaubardia
  Chaubardiella
  Chauliodon
  Cheiradenia
  Cheirostylis
  Chelonistele
  Chelyorchis
  ×Chelyopsis J.M.H.Shaw (Psychopsis Raf. × Chelyorchis Dressler & N.H.Williams).
  Chiloglottis R.Br.
  Chilopogon
  Chiloschista Lindl.
  Chiloterus
  Chitonanthera
  Chitonochilus
  Chloraea
  Chondradenia
  Chondrorhyncha Lindl.
  Christensonella 
  Chroniochilus
  Chrysocycnis
  Chrysoglossum
  Chusua
  Chysis Lindl.
  Chytroglossa
  Cirrhaea Lindl.
  Cirrhopetalum
  Cischweinfia
  Claderia
  Cleisocentron
  Cleisomeria
  Cleisostoma Blume
  Cleistes
  Cleistesiopsis rosebud orchid
  Clematepistephium
  Clowesia Lindl.
  Coccineorchis
  Cochleanthes Raf.: fan-shape orchid
  Cochlioda Lindl.
  Cocleorchis
  Codonorchis
  Codonosiphon
  Coelia Lindl.
  Coeliopsis
  Coeloglossum: frog orchid
  Coelogyne Lindl.
  Coilochilus
  Coilostylis Withner & P.A.Harding
  Collabium
  Colombiana
  Comparettia Poepp. & Endl.: snail orchid
  ×Compelenzia (Comparettia × Rodriguezia × Zelenkoa)
  Comperia
  ×Comptoglossum (Himantoglossum Spreng. × Comperia K.Koch)
  Conchidium
  Condylago Luer
  Constantia
  Corallorrhiza (Haller) Chatelaine: coral root
  Cordiglottis
  Corunastylis
  Coryanthes Hook.: bucket orchids
  Corybas Salisb.
  Corycium
  Corymborkis: crow orchid
  Corysanthes
  Cottonia
  Cotylolabium
  Cranichis: helmet orchid
  Cremastra
  Crepidium
  Cribbia
  Crocodeilanthe
  Crossoglossa
  Cryptarrhena
  Cryptocentrum
  Cryptochilus
  Cryptopus
  Cryptopylos
  Cryptostylis R.Br.
  Cucumeria
  Cuitlauzina
  Cyanaeorchis
  Cyanicula
  ×Cyanthera
  Cybebus
  Cyclopogon: ladies'-tresses
  Cycnoches Lindl.: swan orchids
  Cylindrolobus
  Cymbidiella Rolfe
  Cymbidium Sw.
  Cymboglossum
  Cynorkis Thouars
  Cyphochilus
  Cypholoron
  Cypripedium L.: lady's slipper
  Cyrtidiorchis
  Cyrtochilum
  Cyrtopodium R.Br.: cow-horn orchid
  Cyrtorchis Schltr.
  Cyrtosia
  Cyrtostylis
  Cystorchis
caption: Chloraea crispa
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