Diurideae is a tribe of orchid in the subfamily

Orchidoideae The Orchidoideae, or the orchidoid orchids, are a subfamily of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) that contains around 3630 species. Species typically have a single ( monandrous), fertile anther which is erect and basitonic. Description The subf ...

. It contains about 40 accepted genera. , its division into subtribes remained unclear.

Genera

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Acianthus ''Acianthus'', commonly known as mosquito orchids, is a genus of about twelve species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Mosquito orchids are terrestrial herbs with a single, heart-shaped, usually ground-hugging leaf and one to many sm ...

'' R.Br. *'' Adenochilus'' Hook.f. *'' Aporostylis'' Rupp & Hatch *''

Arthrochilus ''Arthrochilus'', commonly called elbow orchids, is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants from the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is found in Australia and New Guinea. The flowers are pollinated by male thynnid wasps which attem ...

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Burnettia ''Burnettia cuneata'', commonly known as the lizard orchid, is the only species of the flowering plant genus ''Burnettia'' in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a leafless terrestrial, mycotrophic herb with one or two leaf-like bracts and ...

'' Lindl. *'' Caladenia'' R.Br. *''

Caleana ''Caleana'', commonly known as duck orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae that is found in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian species are found in all states but have not been recorded in the Northern ...

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Calochilus ''Calochilus'', commonly known as beard orchids, is a genus of about 30 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Beard orchids are terrestrial herbs with a single leaf at the base of the plant, or no leaves. Their most striking feat ...

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Chiloglottis ''Chiloglottis'', commonly known as wasp orchids, ant orchids or bird orchids, is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is found in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Wasp orchids are terrestrial ...

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Coilochilus ''Coilochilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, ''Coilochilus neocaledonicum'', endemic to New Caledonia. Its closest relative is ''Cryptostylis'',Kores, P. J., M. Molvray, P. ...

'' Schltr. *'' Corybas'' Salisb. *''

Cryptostylis ''Cryptostylis'', commonly known as tongue orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family. Tongue orchids are terrestrial herbs with one to a few stalked leaves at the base of the flowering stem, or leafless. One to a few dull co ...

'' R.Br. *''Cyanicula'' Hopper & A.P.Brown = '' Caladenia'' *''

Cyrtostylis ''Cyrtostylis'', commonly known as gnat orchids, is a genus of five or six species of flowering plants in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is native to Australia and New Zealand. Cyrtostylis orchids often form dense colonies of genetically id ...

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Diuris ''Diuris'', commonly known as donkey orchids, bee orchids, nanny goat orchids or pansy orchids, is a genus of more than sixty species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia, apart from one species endem ...

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Drakaea ''Drakaea'' is a genus of 10 species in the plant family Orchidaceae commonly known as hammer orchids. All ten species only occur in the south-west of Western Australia. Hammer orchids are characterised by an insectoid labellum that is attach ...

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Elythranthera ''Elythranthera'', commonly known as enamel orchids, was a previously accepted genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contained two species and a named hybrid, all endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The genu ...

'' (Endl.) A.S.George *'' Epiblema'' R.Br. *'' Ericksonella'' Hopper & A.P.Br. *''

Eriochilus ''Eriochilus'', commonly known as bunny orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae that is endemic to Australia. Orchids in this genus are distinguished from those in the similar '' Caladenia'' by having a glabrou ...

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Genoplesium ''Genoplesium'' commonly known as midge orchids, is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is found in Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. Midge orchids are terrestrial herbs with a single lea ...

'' R.Br. *'' Glossodia'' R.Br. *'' Leporella'' A.S.George *'' Leptoceras'' (R.Br.) Lindl. *'' Lyperanthus'' R.Br. *'' Megastylis'' (Schltr.) Schltr. *'' Microtis'' R.Br. *''

Orthoceras ''Orthoceras'' ("straight horn") is a genus of extinct nautiloid cephalopod restricted to Middle Ordovician-aged marine limestones of the Baltic States and Sweden. This genus is sometimes called ''Orthoceratites''. Note it is sometimes misspelle ...

'' R.Br. *''Paracaleana'' Blaxell = ''

'' *'' Pheladenia'' D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. *'' Praecoxanthus'' Hopper & A.P.Brown *''

Prasophyllum ''Prasophyllum'', commonly known as leek orchids, is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is found in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian species are found in all states but have not been re ...

'' R.Br. *'' Pyrorchis'' D.L.Jones & M.A.Clements *'' Rhizanthella'' R.S.Rogers *''

Rimacola ''Rimacola elliptica'', commonly known as the green rock orchid or green beaks, is the only species of plant in the orchid genus ''Rimacola'' and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an evergreen species which grows in clumps in sandstone cracks ...

'' Rupp *'' Spiculaea'' Lindl. *'' Stigmatodactylus'' Maxim. ex Makino *''

Thelymitra ''Thelymitra'', commonly known as sun orchids, is a genus of more than 100 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Unlike most other orchids, sun orchids lack a highly modified labellum and all three petals are similar in size, shap ...

'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. *''

Townsonia ''Townsonia'', commonly called myrtle beech orchids is a genus of two species of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. They form small clusters of plants with their tubers connected, each tuber with one or two leaves. The flowers ...

'' Cheeseman *'' Waireia'' D.L.Jones

References

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Orchidoideae tribes {{Orchidoideae-stub