Catasetinae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Catasetinae
Genera: Catasetum – Clowesia – Cycnoches – Dressleria – Galeandra – Grobya – Mormodes

Name

Catasetinae Lindl. Bot. Reg., 29, sub.t 22, (1843)
Typus: Catasetum Rich. ex Kunth, Syn. Pl. 1: 330 (1822)

References

Lindley, J. (1843) Botanic Register, 29, sub.t 22.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 11 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
Emonocot.org 2013. Catasetinae in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2013 July 13.

External links

Bot. Garden Munich: Catasetinae - Image Database by Dr. Günter Gerlach

Catasetinae is a subtribe within the Orchidaceae and contains 8 genera.[1] Its members are widespread in lowland tropical Central and South America up to 1,500 meters. They are found on trees, stumps or old fence posts.

Catasetinae are exclusively pollinated by male euglossine bees, which are attracted to the floral fragrances, and collect them. A particular Catasetinae species may attract only one or a few species of bees from the dozens that occur in the habitat.[2]
Genera

Catasetum (80–120 species)
Clowesia (7 species)
Cyanaeorchis (3 species)
Cycnoches (some 30 species)
Dressleria (10 species)
Galeandra (18 species)
Grobya (5 species)
Mormodes (some 70 species)

The related genus Cyrtopodium is separated as subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.
Footnotes

Batista, J.A.N., A.C.M. Mota, K. Proite, L.D.B. Bianchetti, G.A. Romero-González, H.M.H. Espinoza, and G.A. Salazar. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics of Neotropical Cyanaeorchis (Cymbidieaee, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae): geographical rather than morphological similarities plus a new species. Phytotaxa, 156(5): 251-272.

Williams & Whitten 1983

References

Williams, Norris H. & Whitten, W. Mark (1983): Orchid floral fragrances and male euglossine bees: methods and advances in the last sesquidecade. Biol. Bull. 164: 355–395.