The Eriinae form a

subtribe Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus. The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants). The early use of this word is from 19th century. An example of subtribe i ...

of Podochileae, a tribe of the orchid 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 fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

). The name is derived from the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

Eria ''Eria'' is a genus of orchids with more than 50 species distributed in China, the Himalayas, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Species ''Eria'' species accepted by the Plants of the Wor ...

''. The subtribe includes 24 genera with more than 900 species of

epiphytic An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...

lithophytic Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. They can be classified as either epilithic (or epipetric) or endolithic; epilithic lithophytes grow on the surfaces of rocks, while endolithic lithophytes grow in the crevices of rocks (and are als ...

or (more rarely) terrestrial orchids from tropical regions of India, China, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Genera: *''

Aeridostachya ''Aeridostachya'' is a genus of orchids. Species , Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to ...

'' (Hook.f.) Brieger *''

Appendicula ''Appendicula'', commonly known as stream orchids or 牛齿兰属 (niu chi lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are epiphytic, lithophytic or rarely terrestrial plants herbs with many flat, oft ...

'' Blume *''

Ascidieria ''Ascidieria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Seidenfaden, Gunnar. 1984. Nordic Journal of Botany 4: 44. It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Species At present (May 2014) the ...

'' Seidenf. *''

Bambuseria ''Bambuseria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Southern China. Species: *''Bambuseria bambusifolia ''Bambuseria bambusifolia'' is a species of plant within the O ...

'' Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen *'' Bryobium'' Lindl. *'' Callostylis'' Blume *''

Campanulorchis ''Campanulorchis'' is a genus of orchids. It was considered a synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. It is native to Southeast Asia from Hainan to New Guinea. Species Five species are recognized as of May 2 ...

'' Brieger *''

Ceratostylis ''Ceratostylis'' is a genus of orchids with more than 140 species distributed in China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Melanesia Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends ...

'' Blume *'' Cryptochilus'' Wall. *''

Cylindrolobus ''Cylindrolobus'' is a genus of orchids with about 80 species that grow in New Guinea, Wallacea, Southeast Asia, southern China, and India. Description These herbs are epiphytic, but also rarely terrestrial. The elongate stems are slender and us ...

'' Blume *'' Dendrolirium'' Blume *'' Dilochiopsis'' (Hook.f.) Brieger *''

Epiblastus ''Epiblastus'' is a genus of orchids with 22 known species distributed from New Guinea, Philippines, Maluku, Sulawesi, Fiji, the Solomons, the Bismarcks, Samoa and Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: li ...

'' Schltr. *''

'' Lindl. *'' Mediocalcar'' J.J.Sm. *'' Mycaranthes'' Blume *'' Oxystophyllum'' Blume *'' Pinalia'' Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl. *'' Poaephyllum'' Ridl. *''

Podochilus ''Podochilus'' is a genus of about 65 species of small, moss-like epiphytic orchids, distributed across China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia (Indochina, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.,) New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands. L ...

'' Blume *''

Porpax ''Porpax'' may refer to: * ''Porpax'' (dragonfly) – a genus of dragonflies * ''Porpax'' (plant) – a genus of orchids *The central strap of an aspis or porpax shield ''Porpax'' may refer to: * ''Porpax'' (dragonfly) – a genus of dragonf ...

'' Lindl. *'' Pseuderia'' Schltr. *'' Strongyleria'' (Pfitzer) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen *'' Trichotosia'' Blume

Footnotes

References

* Cameron, K.M. et al. (1999). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Orchidaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences." In: Yukawa and H.G, Hills and D.H. Goldman, (1999). ''A phylogenetic analysis of the Orchidaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences''. * Pridgeon, Alec M., Phillip Cribb, and Mark W. Chase. (2005). ''Genera Orchidacearum - Volume I: Epidendroideae''. Oxford Univ. Press. .

External links

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History of the taxonomy of orchids

Orchid Tree: a phylogeny of epiphytes (mostly) on the Tree of Life
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5388438 Orchid subtribes