Epidendreae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Bletiinae – Chysinae – Coeliinae – Laeliinae – Pleurothallidinae – Ponerinae
Name

Epidendreae Lindl., Coll. Bot. 1: 7, 16 (1826)

Typus: Epidendrum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1347 (1763), nom. cons.

Synonymy

Bletieae Benth. (1873).
Laeliae Pfitzer (1887).
Pleurothallideae Lindl. ex Endl. (1837).

References

Lindley, J. 1826. Collectanea Botanica 1: 7, 16.
Berg, C. van den, Higgins, W. E., Soto Arenas, M. A., & Chase, M. W. (2005) Molecular data systematics of genera and species of Laeliinae, Proceedings of the 18th World Orchid Conference, Dijon, France, 11-20 March, 2005; 500-505.
Pridgeon, A.M. , Cribb, P., Chase, M.W., and Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4: Epidendroideae (Part 1): Epidendroideae, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Tropicos.org 2012. Epidendreae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 June 2012.
Emonocot.org 2013. Epidendreae in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2013 May 17.

Vernacular names

The tribe Epidendreae of the Orchidaceae comprises six subtribes:[1]

Bletiinae sensu MMIV, which contains only the genera Basiphyllaea, Bletia, and Hexalectris
Chysinae
Coeliinae
Laeliinae
Pleurothallidinae
Ponerinae

References

C. Van den Berg "Artificial key to the subtribes of Epidendreae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 164. Oxford University Press, 2005