Epidendreae

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Epidendreae
Cattleya dowiana from Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family:Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Epidendreae Subtribe:

Epidendreae is a Tribe in the subfamily Epidendroideae

Contents 1 Features 2 Taxonomy 3 SubTribes 3.1 Adrorhizinae 3.2 Laeliinae 3.3 Pleurothallidinae 3.4 Yoaniinae 4 References

[edit] Features

This tribe includes most tropical epiphytic orchids.

[edit] Taxonomy

Epidendreae were described by Kunth 1815, which included a large number of epiphitic generas. Bentham and Hooker in 1883 and Schlechter 1926 kept the circumscription in their systems which included a large number of genras.^[1]

[edit] SubTribes

[edit] Adrorhizinae

[edit] Laeliinae

See Laeliinae for details

[edit] Pleurothallidinae

See Pleurothallidinae for details

[edit] Yoaniinae

[edit] References