Orchidaceae

Translingual

Colour plate from Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur, 1906

Etymology

Orchis +‎ -aceae

Pronunciation

• English:
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔr.kɪˈdeɪ.ʃi.eɪ/, /ˌɔr.kɪˈdeɪ.ʃi.aɪ/

Proper noun

Orchidaceae f pl

1. A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales – orchids.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae, Epidendroideae, Orchidoideae, Vanilloideae

References

• Orchidaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Orchidaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Orchidaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Orchidaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Orchidaceae at the Catalogue of Life 
• Orchidaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Orchidaceae at APWeb
• “Orchidaceae”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025