Calypsoinae is an orchid subtribe in the tribe
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 ...
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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 ...
. It has previously been recognized as tribe Calypsoeae in the subfamily Epidendroideae.
Genera
Genera recognized in Chase et al.'s 2015 classification of Orchidaceae:
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Calypso
Calypso refers to:
* Calypso (mythology), a nymph who, famously in Homer's ''Odyssey'', kept Odysseus with her on her island of Ogygia for seven years.
* Calypso (nymphs), other nymphs called Calypso.
Calypso may also refer to:
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Coelia
''Coelia'' is a genus of orchids ( family Orchidaceae, tribe Epidendreae, subtribe Calypsoinae). It had previously been tentatively classified as the only genus of the subtribe Coeliinae of the tribe Epidendreae.A. Pridgeon "Sutribe Coeliin ...
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Corallorhiza
''Corallorhiza'', the coralroot, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family. Except for the circumboreal ''C. trifida'', the genus is restricted to North America (including Mexico, Central America and the West Indies).
Most species are ...
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Cremastra''
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Dactylostalix''
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Danxiaorchis
''Danxiaorchis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and frag ...
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Ephippianthus''
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Govenia
''Govenia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the orchid family Orchidaceae. The type species, ''Govenia superba'', was transferred from ''Maxillaria superba'' and a genus name was given to commemorate J.R. Gowen, secretary of the Hor ...
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Oreorchis
''Oreorchis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Asia. Species currently accepted as of June 2014:
#''Oreorchis angustata'' L.O.Williams ex N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb - Sichuan, Yunnan
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Yoania
''Yoania'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.
Distribution
This genus is mainly distributed in Japan, but ''Y. japonica'' is also found in Assam, China, and Taiwan and ''Y. prainii'' is found in the Himalayas a ...
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See also
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Taxonomy of the Orchidaceae
The taxonomy of the Orchidaceae ( orchid family) has evolved slowly during the last 250 years, starting with Carl Linnaeus who in 1753 recognized eight genera.Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné). 1753. ''Species Plantarum'', 1st edition, vol. 2, pag ...
References
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Epidendroideae tribes
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