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 Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plant ...

Podochileae Podochileae is an orchid tribe in the subfamily Epidendroideae. Genera Genera: *'' Aeridostachya'' (Hook.f.) Brieger *''Appendicula'' Blume *'' Ascidieria'' Seidenf. *'' Bambuseria'' Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen *'' Bryobium'' Lindl. *'' Call ...

, 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 extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 Worl ...

''. 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'' (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, o ...

'' Blume *'' Ascidieria'' Seidenf. *'' Bambuseria'' Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen *'' Bryobium'' Lindl. *'' Callostylis'' Blume *'' Campanulorchis'' Brieger *'' Ceratostylis'' Blume *'' Cryptochilus'' Wall. *'' Cylindrolobus'' Blume *'' Dendrolirium'' Blume *'' Dilochiopsis'' (Hook.f.) Brieger *'' Epiblastus'' Schltr. *''

'' Lindl. *'' Mediocalcar'' J.J.Sm. *'' Mycaranthes'' Blume *'' Oxystophyllum'' Blume *''

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 cu ...

'' 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. Lis ...

'' Blume *'' Porpax'' 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. .

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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