; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 952 (1753)
Distribution: Probably > 2000 spp. tropical and subtropical America from S-USA to Argentina, with a major center in the Andes foothills from Colombia to Peru and secondary centers in Mexico and Costa Rica / Panama. Many undescribed species remain even after the extensive efforts of Hágsater et al. The listed distribution for many older names might be too extensive because of the many newly separated species.
= Amblostoma Scheidw.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 6: 383 (1838)
= Amphiglottis Salisb.; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 294 (1812)
= Anocheile Hoffmanns. ex Rchb.; Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 235 (1841)
= Auliza Salisb.; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 294 (1812)
= Coilostylis Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 37 (1836)
= Didothion Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 39 (1836)
= Diothonea Lindl.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 1: 12 (1834)
= Doxosma Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 9 (1836)
= Epidanthus L.O.Williams; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 148 (1940) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Epidendropsis Garay & Dunst.; Venez. Orchid. Ill. [Dunsterville & Garay] 6: 39 (1976) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Exophya Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 63 (1836)
= Eydisanthema Neck.; Elem. 3: 133 (1790)
= Gastropodium Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 107 (1845)
= Hemiscleria Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 4(Hemiscleria): [1] (1853)
= Kalopternix Garay & Dunst.; Venez. Orchid. Ill. [Dunsterville & Garay] 6: 40 (1976) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Lanium Lindl. ex Benth.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. t. 1334 (1881) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Larnandra Raf.; Neogenyton 4 (1825)
= Microepidendrum Brieger; Orchideen [Schlechter], ed. 3, 1: 556 (1977) ex W. E. Higgins, Acta Bot. Mex. 60: 22 (2002)
= Minicolumna Brieger; Orchideen [Schlechter], ed. 3, Bd. I: 495 (1976) [without latin descr. or type]
= Nanodes Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. t. 1541 (1832) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Neolehmannia Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 478 (1899) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Neowilliamsia Garay; Orchid Digest 41(1): 20 (1977) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Nyctosma Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 9 (1836)
= Oerstedella Rchb.f.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 932 (1852)
= Physinga Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. (1838) Misc. 32 [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Pleuranthium (Rchb.f.) Benth.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 312 (1881), Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3: 526 (1883) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Pseudepidendrum Rchb.f.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 733 (1852)
= Seraphyta Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 8: 24 (1840)
= Spathiger Small; Fl. Miami [Small] 55 (1913)
= Stenoglossum Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 355, t. 87 (1816) [fide Hágsater in litt. (2002)]
= Sulpitia Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 37 (1836)
= Takulumena Szlach.; Orchidee (Hamburg) 57(3): 326 (2006)
= Tritelandra Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 85 (1836)
