The orchid family, the second largest of all the angiosperms (flowering plants) with approx. 763 genera and 28,000 species (the largest being the aster family with 1,191 genera and 32,913 species). The Vanilla genus is the most economically important. Many others, including Phalaenopsis and Cattleya, are cultivated as ornamentals. The type genus is Orchis.
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