Check List 10(6): 1452–1478, 2014 © 2014 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.biotaxa.org/cl) Journal of species lists and distribution Orchidaceae in Santa Catarina: Update, geographic PECIES distribution and conservation S OF 1 1 2 ISTS Carlos Eduardo de Siqueira *, Ana Zanin and Luiz Menini Neto L 1 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Botânica, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Algas e Plantas, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. 2 Centro de Ensino Superior de Juiz Fora, Campus Arnaldo Janssen, Rua Luz Interior, 345, Santa Luzia, CEP 36030776, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil. * Corresponding author. E-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT: This study consists of a checklist and an analysis of the spatial distribution of the species of Orchidaceae of the Braz ilian state of Santa Catarina. Based on literature, the accepted names and current synonyms for the species in the state are cited. The occurrence of 121 genera and 560 accepted species was detected, 12 of them endemic. Of the three subfamilies represented in the state, Epidendroideae is the most representative, with 94 genera and 432 species, followed by Orchidoideae with 25 genera and 122 species, and Vanilloideae, with only two genera and six species. According to the criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 24 species fall within the vulnerable category, seven are endangered and four are critically endangered. The life form, plant formation and habitat of each species are also presented. DOI: 10.15560/10.6.1452 INTRODUCTION al.