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Adder's mouth
Malaxis
Malaxis, commonly called Adder's mouth, is a genus of terrestrial and semiepiphytic orchids. The generic name signifies "smooth" and alludes to the tender texture of the leaves. There are approximately 182 species, found mostly in tropics but with some species in temperate regions.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

green adder's-mouth
speciesMalaxis unifolia

White Adder's Mouth
speciesMalaxis monophyllos

Short-beaked Malaxis
speciesMalaxis brachyrrhynchos

Chiricahua Adder's Mouth
speciesMalaxis macrostachya

White Adder's-mouth
speciesMalaxis brachypoda

Florida adder's-mouth
speciesMalaxis spicata

Colorful Malaxis
speciesMalaxis versicolor

Huachuca Mountain adder's-mouth orchid
speciesMalaxis corymbosa

Royal Adder's-mouth Orchid
speciesMalaxis major

Malaxis myurus
speciesMalaxis myurus

Malaxis histionantha
speciesMalaxis histionantha

Malaxis excavata
speciesMalaxis excavata

Madrean Adder's Mouth
speciesMalaxis realdelmontensis

Malaxis fastigiata
speciesMalaxis fastigiata

Malaxis carnosa
speciesMalaxis carnosa

Malaxis maianthemifolia
speciesMalaxis maianthemifolia

Malaxis crispifolia
speciesMalaxis crispifolia

Malaxis novogaliciana
speciesMalaxis novogaliciana

Malaxis parthoni
speciesMalaxis parthoni

Malaxis seychellarum
speciesMalaxis seychellarum

Malaxis elliptica
speciesMalaxis elliptica

Malaxis moritzii
speciesMalaxis moritzii

Malaxis lepanthiflora
speciesMalaxis lepanthiflora

Malaxis andicola
speciesMalaxis andicola

Malaxis rosilloi
speciesMalaxis rosilloi

Malaxis lepidota
speciesMalaxis lepidota

Malaxis discolor
speciesMalaxis discolor

Malaxis tepicana
speciesMalaxis tepicana

Malaxis umbelliflora
speciesMalaxis umbelliflora

Masson's Adder's-mouth Orchid
speciesMalaxis massonii

Malaxis rosei
speciesMalaxis rosei

Arizona adder's-mouth orchid
speciesMalaxis abieticola

Malaxis muscifera
speciesMalaxis muscifera

Appalachian adder's-mouth
speciesMalaxis bayardii

Malaxis rodrigueziana
speciesMalaxis rodrigueziana

Malaxis espejoi
speciesMalaxis espejoi

Lute Shaped Malaxis
speciesMalaxis pandurata

Malaxis nidiae
speciesMalaxis nidiae

Malaxis cardiophylla
speciesMalaxis cardiophylla

Malaxis wercklei
speciesMalaxis wercklei

Malaxis quadrata
speciesMalaxis quadrata

Malaxis triangularis
speciesMalaxis triangularis

Malaxis magniauriculata
speciesMalaxis magniauriculata

Malaxis katangensis
speciesMalaxis katangensis

Malaxis maxonii
speciesMalaxis maxonii

Malaxis termensis
speciesMalaxis termensis

Malaxis javesiae
speciesMalaxis javesiae

Malaxis pringlei
speciesMalaxis pringlei

Malaxis tequilensis
speciesMalaxis tequilensis

Malaxis simillima
speciesMalaxis simillima

Malaxis crispata
speciesMalaxis crispata

Malaxis streptopetala
speciesMalaxis streptopetala

Malaxis welwitschii
speciesMalaxis welwitschii

Malaxis schliebenii
speciesMalaxis schliebenii

Malaxis weberbaueriana
speciesMalaxis weberbaueriana

Malaxis densiflora
speciesMalaxis densiflora

Malaxis ventricosa
speciesMalaxis ventricosa

Malaxis hieronymi
speciesMalaxis hieronymi

Malaxis tamayoana
speciesMalaxis tamayoana

Malaxis thwaitesii
speciesMalaxis thwaitesii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50725.