Pleurothallidinae

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Pleurothallidinae
Pleurothallis lanceana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Lindl. ex G.Don
Genera

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The Pleurothallidinae are a neotropical subtribe of

Orchidaceae
) including 29 genera in more than 4000 species.

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

The following

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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]

AciantheraAnathallisAndiniaBarbosellaBrachionidiumChamelophytonDilomilisDiodonopsisDraconanthesDraculaDresslerellaDryadellaEchinosepalaFrondariaKraenzlinellaLepanthesLepanthopsisMadisonia (as Sansonia) – MasdevalliaMyoxanthusNeocogniauxiaOctomeriaPabstiellaPhloeophilaPlatystelePleurothallisPleurothallopsisPorroglossumRestrepiaRestrepiellaScaphosepalumSpeckliniaStelisTeagueiaTomzanoniaTrichosalpinxTrisetellaZootrophion

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

References

Data related to Pleurothallidinae at Wikispecies