Orchidaceae, commonly called the orchid family, is a diverse and
widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often
colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the
two largest families of flowering plants. The Orchidaceae have about
28,000 currently accepted species, distributed in about 763 genera. The
determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because
verified data on the members of such enormous families are continually
in flux.
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