Malaxis

Accepted species 166 Documented here 12 Family Orchidaceae

Accepted species 166 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Malaxis unifolia Michx. 249 documented
Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Sw. 219 documented
Malaxis macrostachya (Lex.) Kuntze 30 documented
Malaxis brachyrrhynchos (Rchb.f.) Ames 26 documented
Malaxis maianthemifolia Schltdl. & Cham. 12 documented
Malaxis spicata Sw. 11 documented
Malaxis brachystachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 10 documented
Malaxis excavata (Lindl.) Kuntze 7 documented
Malaxis tepicana Ames 6 documented
Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze 5 documented
Malaxis rosei Ames 4 documented
Malaxis streptopetala (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Ames 3 documented
Malaxis elliptica A.Rich. & Galeotti 2 below the evidence gate
Malaxis lepanthiflora (Schltr.) Ames 2 below the evidence gate
Malaxis lepidota (Finet) Ames 2 below the evidence gate
Malaxis rositae R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 2 below the evidence gate
Malaxis densiflora (A.Rich.) Kuntze 1 below the evidence gate
Malaxis seychellarum (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1 below the evidence gate
Malaxis abieticola Salazar & Soto Arenas 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis acianthoides (Schltr.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis adenotropa R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis adolphii (Schltr.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis alvaroi García-Cruz, R.Jiménez & L.Sánchez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis andersoniana R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis andicola (Ridl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis apiculata Dod 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis atrorubra (H.Perrier) Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis aurea Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis auriculata P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis bayardii Fernald 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis boliviana (Schltr.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis brevis Dressler 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis buchtienii (Schltr.) Christenson 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis bulusanensis Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis cardiophylla (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis carlos-parrae Szlach. & Kolan. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis carnosa (Kunth) C.Schweinf. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis casillasii R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis chevalieri Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis chiarae R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis chica Todzia 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis cipoensis F.Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis cobanensis Archila, Szlach. & Chiron 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pabst 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis contrerasii R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis cordilabia Portalet 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis crispata (Lindl.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis crispifolia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis cumbensis Dodson 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis discolor (Lindl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis dodii Acev.-Rodr. & Ackerman 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis dolpensis M.R.Shrestha, L.R.Shakya & Ghimire 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis domingensis Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis elviae R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis espejoi R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis excentrica Chinchilla, Karremans & M.A.Blanco 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis fastigiata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis greenwoodiana Salazar & Soto Arenas 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis hagsateri Salazar 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis hieronymi (Cogn.) L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis hispaniolae (Schltr.) L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis histionantha (Link) Garay & Dunst. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis hoppii (Schltr.) Løjtnant 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis insperata Dressler 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis intermedia (A.Rich.) Seidenf. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis irmae Radins & Salazar 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis iwashinae T.Yukawa & T.Hashim. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis jaraguae (Hoehne & Schltr.) Pabst 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis javesiae (Rchb.f.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis johniana (Schltr.) Foldats 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis juventudensis Marg. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis katangensis Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis labrosa (Rchb.f.) Acuña 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis lagotis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis leonardii Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis licatae Carnevali & I.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis lizbethiae R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis lobulata L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis longipedunculata Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis luceroana R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis lyonnetii Salazar 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis maclaudii (Finet) Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis macvaughiana R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis maguirei C.Schweinf. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis major (Rchb.f.) León ex A.D.Hawkes 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis malipoensis Y.F.Meng, A.Q.Hu & F.W.Xing 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis mandonii (Rchb.f.) Marg. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis marthaleidae R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis martinezii R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis massonii (Ridl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis maxonii Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis medinae Carnevali & Nog.-Sav. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis melanotoessa Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis micheliana R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis mixta (Schltr.) R.Vásquez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis molotensis Salazar & de Santiago 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis monsviridis Dressler 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis moritzii (Ridl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis mucronulata (Schltr.) P.Ortiz 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis myurus (Lindl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis nana C.Schweinf. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis nelsonii Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis nidiae Carnevali & I.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis novogaliciana R.González ex McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis ochreata (S.Watson) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis oroensis Tobar & Salazar 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis pabstii (Schltr.) Pabst 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis padilliana L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis panamensis Kolan. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis pandurata (Schltr.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis parthoni C.Morren 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis perezii R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis physuroides (Schltr.) Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis pittieri (Schltr.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis pringlei (S.Watson) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis prorepens (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis pubescens (Lindl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis pusilla Ames & C.Schweinf. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis quadrata L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis reichenbachiana (Schltr.) L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis rheediana J.M.H.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis ribana Espejo & López-Ferr. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis risaraldana Szlach. & Kolan. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis roblesgiliana R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis rodrigueziana R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis rosilloi R.González & E.W.Greenw. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis rostratula Dressler 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis ruizii R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis rupestris (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis rzedowskiana R.González 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis schliebenii (Mansf.) Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis schneideri (Szlach. & Kolan.) J.M.H.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis seranica (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis sibundoyensis Kolan., Medina Tr. & Szlach. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis simillima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis sneidernii (Garay) P.Ortiz 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis sodiroi (Schltr.) Dodson 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis steyermarkii Correll 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis subtilis Aver. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis sulamadahensis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis talamancana Dressler 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis talaudensis (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis tamayoana Garay & W.Kittr. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis tamurensis Tuyama 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis tequilensis R.González, Lizb.Hern. & E.Ramírez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis termensis (Kraenzl.) C.Schweinf. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis thienii Dodson 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis thwaitesii Bennet 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis tonduzii (Schltr.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis triangularis Dressler 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis tridentula (Schltr.) Christenson 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis tridentula (Schltr.) Poepp. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis trigonopetala (J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis umbelliflora Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis urbana E.W.Greenw. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis ventilabrum (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis ventricosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis warmingii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis weberbaueriana (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis weddellii (Finet) R.Vásquez 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Hermans 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis wercklei (Schltr.) Ames 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis woodsonii L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis xerophila Salazar & L.I.Cabrera 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis yanganensis Dodson 0 below the evidence gate
Malaxis zempoalensis López-Ferr. & Espejo 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.