#family_Orchidaceae__Orchidaceae__orchid_family enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
supertype: monocot_family__monocotfamily__liliopsid_family__liliopsidfamily family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
member: orchid genus_Orchis genus_Aerides genus_Angrecum genus_Anoectochilus genus_Aplectrum genus_Arethusa genus_Bletia genus_Bletilla genus_Brassavola genus_Brassia genus_Caladenia genus_Calanthe genus_Calopogon genus_Calypso genus_Catasetum genus_Cattleya genus_Cephalanthera genus_Cleistes genus_Coeloglossum genus_Coelogyne genus_Corallorhiza genus_Coryanthes genus_Cycnoches genus_Cymbidium genus_Cypripedium genus_Dactylorhiza genus_Dendrobium genus_Disa genus_Dracula genus_Dryadella genus_Eburophyton genus_Encyclia genus_Epidendrum genus_Epipactis genus_Glossodia genus_Goodyera genus_Grammatophyllum genus_Gymnadenia genus_Gymnadeniopsis genus_Habenaria genus_Hexalectris genus_Himantoglossum genus_Laelia genus_Liparis genus_Listera genus_Malaxis genus_Masdevallia genus_Maxillaria genus_Miltonia genus_Odontoglossum genus_Oncidium genus_Ophrys genus_Paphiopedilum genus_Phaius genus_Phalaenopsis genus_Pholidota genus_Phragmipedium genus_Platanthera genus_Plectorrhiza genus_Pleione genus_Pleurothallis genus_Pogonia genus_Psychopsis genus_Pterostylis genus_Rhyncostylis genus_Sarcochilus genus_Scaphosepalum genus_Schomburgkia genus_Selenipedium genus_Sobralia genus_Spiranthes genus_Stanhopea genus_Stelis genus_Trichoceros genus_Vanda genus_Vanilla
member of: order_Orchidales__Orchidales order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
member of: subclass_Liliidae__Liliidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
member of: class_Monocotyledones__Monocotyledones__Monocotyledonae__class_Monocotyledonae__Liliopsida__class_Liliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae
member of: class_Angiospermae__Angiospermae__Magnoliophyta__division_Magnoliophyta__Anthophyta__division_Anthophyta comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
member of: division_Spermatophyta__Spermatophyta seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots)
member of: kingdom_Plantae__Plantae__plant_kingdom__plantkingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
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