# Glossodia

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Extinct genus of orchids

For the suburb of Sydney in Australia, see [Glossodia, New South Wales](/source/Glossodia%2C_New_South_Wales).

*Glossodia major*

***Glossodia***, commonly known as **waxlip orchids**, is a [genus](/source/Genus) of mostly purple [orchids](/source/Orchid) from [Australia](/source/Australia). The genus was first formally described in 1810 by the prolific Scottish botanist [Robert Brown](/source/Robert_Brown_(botanist%2C_born_1773)) who published his description in *[Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae](/source/Prodromus_Florae_Novae_Hollandiae)*.[1][2]

Two species are recognised:[3]

- *[Glossodia major](/source/Glossodia_major)* [R.Br.](/source/R.Br.) - waxlip orchid, native to [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) and [South Australia](/source/South_Australia);

- *[Glossodia minor](/source/Glossodia_minor)* [R.Br.](/source/R.Br.) - small waxlip orchid, native to [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) and [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)).

In 2015, as a result of studies of [molecular phylogenetics](/source/Molecular_phylogenetics),[4] [Mark Clements](/source/Mark_Alwin_Clements) transferred the two *Glossodia* species to *[Caladenia](/source/Caladenia)*, but the change is not recognised by the Australian Plant Census.[1]

[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) lists *Glossodia* as a synonym of *Caladenia*.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-APNI_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-APNI_1-1) ["*Glossodia*"](https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/493553). APNI. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-R.Br._2-0)** Brown, Robert (1810). [*Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21771#page/195/mode/1up). London. pp. 325–326. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-RBGS_3-0)** ["*Glossodia*"](http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Glossodia). Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney; plantnet. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AJB_4-0)** Clements, Mark A.; Howard, Christopher G.; Miller, Joseph T. (13 April 2015). ["Caladenia revisited: Results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of Caladeniinae plastid and nuclear loci"](https://doi.org/10.3732%2Fajb.1500021). *American Journal of Botany*. **102** (4): 581–597. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3732/ajb.1500021](https://doi.org/10.3732%2Fajb.1500021). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [25878091](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25878091).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-POWO_5-0)** ["*Caladenia*"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:28913-1#synonyms). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

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