Biology:Eriinae

Short description: Subtribe of orchids

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

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:

• Aeridostachya (Hook.f.) Brieger
• Appendicula Blume
• Ascidieria Seidenf.
• Bambuseria Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Bryobium Lindl.
• Callostylis Blume
• Campanulorchis Brieger
• Ceratostylis Blume
• Cryptochilus Wall.
• Cylindrolobus Blume
• Dendrolirium Blume
• Dilochiopsis (Hook.f.) Brieger
• Epiblastus Schltr.
• Eria Lindl.
• Mediocalcar J.J.Sm.
• Mycaranthes Blume
• Oxystophyllum Blume
• Pinalia Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.
• Poaephyllum Ridl.
• Podochilus Blume
• Porpax Lindl.
• Pseuderia Schltr.
• Strongyleria (Pfitzer) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Trichotosia Blume

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

• History of the taxonomy of orchids
• Orchid Tree: a phylogeny of epiphytes (mostly) on the Tree of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q5388438 entry