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 ...
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Genera
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Aeridostachya
''Aeridostachya'' is a genus of orchids.
Species
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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 ...
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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
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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
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Callostylis
''Callostylis'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. It is native to Southeast Asia from Assam and southern China to Java.
Five species are current ...
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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
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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 ...
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Cryptochilus
''Cryptochilus'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina.
Species
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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 ...
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Dendrolirium
''Dendrolirium'' is a genus of orchids. ''Dendrolirium'' is abbreviated ''Ddlr.'' in the horticultural trade.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
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Dilochiopsis
''Dilochiopsis'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. At present (June 2014), there is only one known species, ''Dilochiopsis scortechinii'', endemi ...
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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 ...
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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
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Mediocalcar
''Mediocalcar'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to New Guinea, eastern Indonesia, and the islands of the western Pacific. The orchid abbreviation is ''Med''.Mycaranthes'' Blume
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Oxystophyllum
The Eriinae form a subtribe of Podochileae, a tribe of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the genus ''Eria''.
The subtribe includes 24 genera with more than 900 species of epiphytic, lithophytic or (more rarely) terrestri ...
Pinalia
''Pinalia'', commonly known as gremlin orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are large epiphytic or lithophytic plants with prominent pseudobulbs, each with up to three thin, flat leaves and cup- ...
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Poaephyllum
''Poaephyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.
#''Poaephyllum fimbriatum'' Schuit. & de Vogel - Papua New Guinea
#''Poaephyllum grandiflorum'' Quisumb. - Palawan
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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.
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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:
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Pseuderia
''Pseuderia'' is a genus of orchids consisting of about 20 species distributed from the Moluccas through New Guinea to Samoa, Fiji and Micronesia. The genus has its center of diversity in New Guinea.
Species accepted as of June 2014:
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Ridleyella
''Ridleyella'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is ''Ridleyella paniculata'', which is endemic to New Guinea.
The genus name of ''Ridleyella'' is in honour of Henry Nicholas Ridley (1 ...
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Strongyleria
''Strongyleria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.
Its native range is Assam to South China and New Guinea.
Species:
*''Strongyleria hirsutipetala''
*''Strongyleria leiophylla''
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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 ...