Biology:Eriinae

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Short description: Subtribe of orchids

Eriinae
Cryptochilus carinatus.jpg
Cryptochilus carinatus
Scientific classification e
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. et al. (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

Wikidata ☰ Q5388438 entry