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Orchidoideae

 
Wikipedia: Orchidoideae
Orchidoid orchids
Neotinea tridentata subsp. commutata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribes

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Habenaria marginata (Golden Yellow Habenaria) in Goa, India.

The Orchidoideae, or the orchidoid orchids, are a subfamily of the orchid family (Orchidaceae).

They typically contain the orchids with a single (monandrous), fertile anther which is erect and basitonic.

The subfamily Orchidoideae and the previously recognized subfamily Spiranthoideae are considered the closest allies in the natural group of the monandrous orchids because of

The Orchidoideae contain two subclades with the following tribes :

  • tribes Orchideae and Diseae
  • tribes Cranichideae and Diurideae

The former subfamily Spiranthoideae is now embedded as tribe Cranichideae in the clade of the Orchideoideae. It is sister to the tribe Diurideae.

The tribe Orchideae consists of the following subtribes:

  • Habenariinae
  • Orchidinae

The tribe Diseae consists of the following subtribes:

  • Disinae
  • Satyriinae

The polyphyletic tribe Cranichideae consists of the following monophyletic subtribes :

  • Cranichidinae
  • Goodyerinae
  • Pachyplectroninae
  • Prescottiinae
  • Spiranthinae

The tribe Diurideae consists of the following subtribes :

  • Pterostylidinae (polyphyletic)
  • Chloraeinae (polyphyletic)
  • Acianthinae (monophyleric)
  • Caladeniinae (polyphyletic)
  • Cryptostylidinae (monophyletic)
  • Diuridinae (monophyletic)
  • Drakaeinae (monophyletic)
  • Prasophyllinae(monophyletic)
  • Thelymitrinae (monophyletic)

References

RICHARD M. BATEMAN, PETER M. HOLLINGSWORTH, JILLIAN PRESTON, LUO YI-BO, ALEC M. PRIDGEON and MARK W. CHASE (May 2003). "Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Orchidinae and selected Habenariinae (Orchidaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 142 (1).  (on line : [1])


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