The Cymbidieae is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
of plants within the family
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family (biology), family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan plants that ...
.
The group is divided into the following subtribes:
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Catasetinae
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Coeliopsidinae
Coeliopsidinae is an orchid subtribe in the tribe Cymbidieae. The three members of this subtribe have traditionally been lumped in with Stanhopeinae, but obvious morphological traits and new molecular analysis by Whitten et al. in 2000 confirmed ...
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Cymbidiinae
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Cyrtopodiinae
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Eriopsidinae
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Eulophiinae
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Maxillariinae
Maxillariinae is an orchid subtribe in the tribe Cymbidieae. It was formerly treated as the tribe Maxillarieae, and divided into a number of subtribes.
Genera
Generic boundaries in the tribe have changed substantially with new molecular evidenc ...
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Oncidiinae
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Stanhopeinae
Stanhopeinae is a subtribe of plants in the tribe Cymbidieae.
The subtribe in the strict sense, have viscidia and stipes that are thin and strap-like, they are adapted for attachment to edge of the bee's scutellum or to a leg. Pseudobulbs are us ...
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Vargasiellinae
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Zygopetalinae
See also
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Taxonomy of the Orchidaceae
References
Epidendroideae tribes
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