Malaxis

Malaxis intermedia (A.Rich.) Seidenf. (SW. India as per POWO)

Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Sw. (Nepal as per POWO)

Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze (Pakistan to S. Central China and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)

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Species with description & keys in Flora of Pakistan :
Malaxis cylindrostachys Lindl. O Kuntze
Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) O. Kuntze

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Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal :

Malaxis acuminata (syn. of Crepidium acuminatum (D.Don) Szlach. as per The Plant List (also Flora of China & e-monocot))

Malaxis acuminata forma acuminata

Malaxis acuminata forma biloba

Malaxis calophylla

Malaxis cylindrostachya

Malaxis josephiana

Malaxis khasiana

Malaxis latifolia

Malaxis mackinnonii

Malaxis muscifera

Malaxis tamurensis

Malaxis versicolor

Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004- Description)

Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species, Volume 3 (1995- Description)-

Malaxis acuminata (syn. of Crepidium acuminatum (D.Don) Szlach. as per The Plant List (also Flora of China & e-monocot)),
Malaxis muscifera

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Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary edited by C.P. Khare (2007- Description)-

Malaxis acuminata (syn. of Crepidium acuminatum (D.Don) Szlach. as per The Plant List (also Flora of China & e-monocot)),
Malaxis muscifera

As per efi thread :
Coming to morphological differences of the genus:

Corymborkis (Lower Epidendroid): Plants without pseudobulbs, Flowers resupinate, Inflorescence branched, Column long, Pollinia 2, Pollinia with stipe,
Malaxis (Higher Epidendroid): Plants without pseudobulbs, Flowers non-resupinate, Inflorescence unbranched, Column short, Pollinia 4, Pollinia without caudicle or viscidium;

Malaxis (Orchidaceae) page with comparative images of species:
Pl. go through‎ Malaxis (Orchidaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details.
I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the benefit of all concerned.
Thanks a lot, Pankaj Kumar ji, for most of the identifications.

The two present here are correct. But there has been a lot of name changes recently. However, its ok to keep these the way they are.

Updated on July 2, 2025

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