Arethuseae is a mid-sized

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...

orchids Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

in the subfamily

Epidendroideae Epidendroideae is a subfamily of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Epidendroideae is larger than all the other orchid subfamilies together, comprising more than 15,000 species in 576 genera. Most epidendroid orchids are tropical epiphyt ...

. This tribe was initially categorized by

John Lindley John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...

in 1840. Its largest subtribes are

Arethusinae Arethusinae is an orchid subtribe in the tribe Arethuseae. Phylogenetics See also * Taxonomy of the Orchidaceae References External links Orchid subtribes {{Epidendroideae-stub ...

and

Coelogyninae The Coelogyninae are an orchid subtribe in the tribe Arethuseae. Nothogenera Crosses between species in different genera within this subtribe are placed in the following nothogenera (i.e., hybrid genera)Alphabetical One-Table List of Genera an ...

. Bletiinae was once considered a subtribe of Arethuseae, but it was moved to

Epidendreae The tribe Epidendreae of the Orchidaceae comprises six subtribes:C. Van den Berg "Artificial key to the subtribes of Epidendreae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.''Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one)'' p. 164. Oxfor ...

in 2005.C. Van den Berg "Artificial key to the subtribes of Epidendreae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.''Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one)'' p. 164. Oxford University Press, 2005 Sobraliinae has been considered a subtribe of Arethuseae, but is now recognized at the rank of tribe within the subfamily Epidendroideae. The genus ''

Thunia ''Thunia'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It is now included in the subtribe Coelogyninae, but was previously treated as the only genus of the subtribe Thuniinae. The genus comprises 6 species, native to Southeast Asia Southeas ...

'' has been considered to be the only genus in the subtribe Thuniinae, but is now included in the subtribe Coelogyninae.

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