Eriinae

Subtribe of orchids

Eriinae
Cryptochilus carinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Subtribe: Eriinae
Benth.
Genera

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The Eriinae form a subtribe of Podochileae, a tribe of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the genus Eria.

The subtribe includes 24 genera with more than 900 species of epiphytic, lithophytic or (more rarely) terrestrial orchids from tropical regions of India, China, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Genera:[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ng, Yan Peng; Schuiteman, André; Pedersen, Henrik Æ.; Petersen, Gitte; Watthana, Santi; Seberg, Ole; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Cribb, Phillip J.; Chase, Mark W. (2018). "Phylogenetics and systematics of Eria and related genera (Orchidaceae: Podochileae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (2): 179–201. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/box088.

References

  • Cameron, K.M. et al. (1999). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Orchidaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences." In: Yukawa and H.G, Hills and D.H. Goldman, (1999). A phylogenetic analysis of the Orchidaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences.
  • Pridgeon, Alec M., Phillip Cribb, and Mark W. Chase. (2005). Genera Orchidacearum - Volume I: Epidendroideae. Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7.

External links

  • Media related to Eriinae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Eriinae at Wikispecies
  • History of the taxonomy of orchids
  • Orchid Tree: a phylogeny of epiphytes (mostly) on the Tree of Life Archived 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
Taxon identifiers
Eriinae