{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Paphinia cristata Orchi 01.jpg | image_caption = ''Paphinia cristata'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Paphinia | authority = Lindl. }}

'''''Paphinia''''', abbreviated in horticultural trade '''Pna''', is a genus of orchids, composed of an estimated 16 species from Central America, northern South America and Trinidad.<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=146943 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1–585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.</ref> These species are medium-sized epiphytes with small ovoid pseudobulbs and 2 or more leaves. The generic name comes from the Greek ''Paphia'', the name of Aphrodite of Cyprus.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> Most authorities consider the genus rare.

Species accepted as of June 2014:

# ''Paphinia benzingii'' <small>Dodson & Neudecker</small> – Ecuador # ''Paphinia cristata'' <small>(Lindl.) Lindl.</small> – Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil # ''Paphinia dunstervillei'' <small>Dodson & G.A.Romero</small> – Venezuela # ''Paphinia grandiflora'' <small>Barb.Rodr.</small> – northern Brazil # ''Paphinia herrerae'' <small>Dodson</small> – Ecuador # ''Paphinia hirtzii'' <small>Dodson</small> – Ecuador # ''Paphinia levyae'' <small>Garay</small> – Ecuador # ''Paphinia lindeniana'' <small>Rchb.f.</small> – Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru # ''Paphinia litensis'' <small>Dodson & Neudecker</small> – Ecuador # ''Paphinia neudeckeri'' <small>Jenny</small> – Ecuador, Colombia # ''Paphinia posadarum'' <small>Dodson & R.Escobar</small> – Ecuador, Colombia # ''Paphinia rugosa'' <small>Rchb.f.</small> – Colombia # ''Paphinia seegeri'' <small>G.Gerlach</small> – Colombia # ''Paphinia subclausa'' <small>Dressler</small> – Costa Rica # ''Paphinia vermiculifera'' <small>G.Gerlach & Dressler</small> – Panama # ''Paphinia zamorae'' <small>Garay</small> – Ecuador

Hybrids include: *''Paphinia'' Majestic (''P. cristata'' x ''P. herrerae'') *''Paphinia'' Memoria Remo Lombardi (''P. herrerae'' x ''P. lindeniana'') *''Gonginia'' (''Gongora'' x ''Paphinia''), an intergeneric hybrid

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category|Paphinia}} *{{Wikispecies-inline}} * [http://www.ipni.org International Plant Names Index (IPNI)]

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Category:Paphinia Category:Stanhopeinae genera Category:Epiphytic orchids