Adrorhizinae

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Adrorhizinae
Flowering Bromheadia brevifolia Ridl. specimen
Flowering Sirhookera lanceolata (Wight) Kuntze specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Adrorhizinae
Schltr.
Type genus
Adrorhizon Hook.f.
Genera
Synonyms[1]

Bromheadiinae Dressler (1990)

Adrorhizinae is an orchid subtribe in the tribe Vandeae.[2]

Ecology[edit]

Pollination[edit]

Pollination by ants, flies, and carpenter bees has been reported.[1]

Phylogeny[edit]

One study identified this subtribe as the sister group to the subtribes Angraecinae and Aeridinae:[3]

Vandeae s.l.

Aeridinae

Angraecinae (including Aerangidinae)

Adrorhizinae

Polystachyinae

Bubble diagram comparing species richness among orchid genera belonging to the subtribe Adrorhizinae

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Pridgeon, A., Cribb, P., Rasmussen, F., & Chase, M. (2014). "Genera Orchidacearum: Epidendroideae." pp. 104-111. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 6. Oxford Univ. Press.
  3. ^ Freudenstein, J. V., & Chase, M. W. (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships in Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae), one of the great flowering plant radiations: progressive specialization and diversification." Annals of botany, 115(4), 665-681.