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|accepted_name=Maxillaria
|accepted_authority=Ruiz & Pavon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Peruv. Prodr.,
|place=116, plate 25. 1794
|year=1794
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Camaridium
|authority=Lindley
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ornithidium
|authority=Salisbury
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pseudomaxillaria
|authority=Hoehne
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sepalosaccus
|authority=Schlechter
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Maxillariinae;Maxillaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Maxillariinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Maxillaria]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin maxilla, jawbone; apparently an allusion to the open-mouth appearance of the flower when viewed laterally
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 495
|treatment_page=page 644
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> epiphytic, rarely terrestrial, cespitose to climbing. <b>Stems</b> reduced [elongate], usually terminated with pseudobulb. <b>Leaves</b> 1–many; blade conduplicate, linear, lanceolate, or elliptic, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers borne laterally within bract or leaf axil of rhizome of mature, immature, or apparently abortive shoots; floral bracts triangular, usually acute. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals and petals nearly same; dorsal sepal erect, concave; lateral sepals adnate to column foot; lip 3-lobed or simple; column not winged, semiterete, with foot at base; pollinia 4, waxy; stigmatic cavity round; rostellum not prominent. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, ellipsoid to obovoid.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical regions;Western Hemisphere.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 650 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=atwood1993a
|text=Atwood, J. T. 1993. A revision of the Maxillaria neglecta complex (Orchidaceae) in Mesoamerica. Lindleyana 8: 25–31.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=brieger1977a
|text=Brieger, F. G. 1977. On the Maxillariinae (Orchidaceae) with sepaline spur. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 97: 548–574.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=hammer1981a
|text=Hammer, R. L. 1981. Finding new orchids: A contribution to the Orchidaceae of Florida. Fairchild Trop. Gard. Bull. 36(3): 16–18.
}}
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants conspicuously rhizomatous; pseudobulbs conspicuous; sepals less than 1 cm.
|[[Maxillaria parviflora|Maxillaria parviflora]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants cespitose; pseudobulbs absent or hidden from view; sepals more than 1 cm.
|[[Maxillaria crassifolia|Maxillaria crassifolia]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Maxillaria
|author=John T. Atwood
|authority=Ruiz & Pavon
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=Camaridium;Ornithidium;Pseudomaxillaria;Sepalosaccus
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical regions;Western Hemisphere.
|reference=atwood1993a;brieger1977a;hammer1981a
|publication title=Fl. Peruv. Prodr.,
|publication year=1794
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1324.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Maxillariinae
|genus=Maxillaria
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