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Maxillarieae is a large and complex tribe of orchids native to South and Central America.
Tribe Maxillarieae contains 70 to 80 genera with about 2800 species; most grow in tropical America as terrestrials or epiphytes, a few are myco-heterotrophs (formerly called saprophytes).
Features[]
Most show pseudobulbs, but a few have reedlike stems or thick underground stems. Blooms have four pollinia.
Taxonomy[]
SubTribes[]
Bifrenariinae[]
This subtribe includes genera with thin and pleated leaves. The genera in this subtribe include:
- Bifrenaria
- Xylobium
Corallorhizinae[]
This subtribe contains epiparasites terrestrial orchid genus. Members of this subtribe include:
Coeliopsidinae[]
Dichaeinae[]
Lycastinae[]
Plants in this subtribe have thin and pleated leaves.
Maxillariinae[]
Maxillariinae largest subtribe with nearly half of the tribe species. Features include leathery leaves that are folded together lengthwise. Genera of this subtribe include:
- Chrysocycnis
- Cyrtidium
- Maxillaria
- Mormolyca
- Pityphyllum
- Scuticaria
- Sepalosaccus
- Trigonidium
Ornithocephalinae[]
Stanhopeinae[]
- Braemia Clade
- Braemia
- Gongora Clade
- Cirrhaea
- Gongora
- Acineta Clade
- Acineta
- Lacaena
- Vasqueziella
- Polycycnis Clade
- Kegeliella
- Polycycnis
- Sotersanthus
- Stanhopea Clade
- Coryanthes
- Embreea
- Stanhopea
- Sievekingia
- Houlletia Clade
- Horichia
- Houlletia
- Jennyella
- Paphinia
- Schlimmia
- Trevoria
Telipogoninae[]
Zygopetilinae[]
References[]
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- W. Mark Whitten, Norris H. Williams and Mark W. Chase (2000). "Subtribal and generic relationships of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae) with emphasis on Stanhopeinae: combined molecular evidence". American Journal of Botany 87: 1842-1856.