page_title: List of Orchidaceae genera
section_title: L
hierarchical_section_title: List of Orchidaceae genera / Genera / L
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: Lacaena
  Laelia Lindl.
  Laeliocattleya
  Laeliopsis
  Lanium
  Lankesterella
  Leaoa
  Lecanorchis
  Lemboglossum
  Lemurella
  Lemurorchis
  Leochilus: smooth-lip orchid
  Lepanthes: babyboot orchid
  Lepanthopsis: tiny orchid
  Lepidogyne
  Leporella
  Leptotes
  Lesliea
  Leucohyle
  Ligeophila
  Limodorum
  Lindleyalis
  Liparis: wide-lip orchid
  Listrostachys
  Lockhartia
  Loefgrenianthus
  Ludisia: jewel orchid
  Lueddemannia
  Luisia
  Lycaste: bee orchid
  Lycomormium
  Lyperanthus
  Lyroglossa
caption: Leptotes bicolor
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