Orchidaceae, also called the Orchid family, is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae). [LINK: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/BiancaNicoletti.shtml] Number of orchids [LINK: http://www.kew.org/scihort/orchids/whystudy.html] Orchid Fact File, Royal Botanic gardens, Kew Its name is derived from the genus Orchis. The Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew list 880 genera and nearly 22,000 accepted species, but the exact number is unknown (perhaps as much as 25,000) [LINK: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1355-4905.2005.00466.x] CLASSIFICATION OF ORCHIDACEAE IN THE AGE OF DNA DATA because classification varies greatly in different segments of the academic world. The number of orchid species equals about four times the number of mammal and bird species together. It also encompasses ab

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