Pleurothallidinae

Pleurothallidinae

Pleurothallidinae

Subtribe of orchids

The Pleurothallidinae are a neotropical subtribe of plants of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) including 29 genera in more than 4000 species.

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Naturally occurring species of this subtribe are among the more popular orchids of horticulturalists, especially the genera Dracula, Dryadella, Masdevallia and Restrepia.

The following genera are considered monophyletic : Barbosella (including Barbrodia), Dracula, Dresslerella, Dryadella, Lepanthes, Masdevallia, Platystele, Porroglossum, Restrepia, Scaphosepalum, Trisetella, and Zootrophion.

Many genera in the Pleurothallidinae were found polyphyletic, for example species attributed to the genus Pleurothallis are scattered across five clades.

Genera

Genera recognized in Chase et al.'s 2015 classification of orchids:[1]

Acianthera – Anathallis – Andinia – Barbosella – Brachionidium – Chamelophyton – Dilomilis – Diodonopsis – Draconanthes – Dracula – Dresslerella – Dryadella – Echinosepala – Frondaria – Kraenzlinella – Lepanthes – Lepanthopsis – Madisonia (as Sansonia) – Masdevallia – Myoxanthus – Neocogniauxia – Octomeria – Pabstiella – Phloeophila – Platystele – Pleurothallis – Pleurothallopsis – Porroglossum – Restrepia – Restrepiella – Scaphosepalum – Specklinia – Stelis – Teagueia – Tomzanonia – Trichosalpinx – Trisetella – Zootrophion

Chase et al. adopt a broad circumscriptions within the subtribe; other sources separate genera such as Ophidion[2][3] and Stellamaris.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074.
  2. [2]
    "Ophidion Luer". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  3. [3]
    Reina-Rodríguez, Guillermo A.; Bogarín, Diego; Hernandez, Yerlin; Nicholls-Giraldo, Isabel & Pérez-Escobar, Oscar A. (2023). "A new Ophidion (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia and the unresolved phylogenetic position of Phloeophila s.l.". Systematics and Biodiversity. 21 (1): 2160504. doi:10.1080/14772000.2022.2160504.
  4. [4]
    "Stellamaris Mel.Fernández & Bogarín". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  5. [5]
    Bogarín, Diego; Karremans, Adam P. & Fernández, Melania (2018). "Genus-level taxonomical changes in the Lepanthes affinity (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae)". Phytotaxa. 340 (2): 128–136. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.340.2.2.

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