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The Oncidiinae is a subtribe within the
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 ...
that consists of a number of genera that are closely related.
This subtribe consists of about 70 genera with over 1000 species, with ''Oncidium
''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across much ...
'' as its largest genus. These genera consist of a single floral type based on the angle of the attachment of the lip
The lips are the visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be ...
to the column
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. ...
, reflecting pollinator
A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains.
Insects are the maj ...
preferences. This has however led to several unreliable results and polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...
taxa within ''Oncidium
''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across much ...
''. These were transferred to ''Gomesa
''Gomesa'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to South America. The genus is abbreviated as ''Gom''.Nohawilliamsia'', has been described for ''Oncidium orthostates''
Most Oncidioid species have well-developed
Details of the Oncidium Alliance
Orchid subtribes Taxa named by George Bentham {{Cymbidieae-stub
pseudobulb
The pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids. It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed heteroblastic and ...
s and conduplicate leaves.
It is possible to form hybrids in some instances between multiple genera within the Oncidiinae. These hybrids are often colloquially referred to as "intergenerics."
Genera
Genera recognized in Chase et al.'s 2015 classification of Orchidaceae: * ''Aspasia
Aspasia (; grc-gre, Ἀσπασία ; after 428 BC) was a ''metic'' woman in Classical Athens. Born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and began a relationship with the statesman Pericles, with whom she had a son, Pericles the Younger. Accordin ...
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* ''Brassia
''Brassia'' is a genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species (''B. caudata'') extending into Florida.
The genus was named afte ...
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* ''Caluera
''Caluera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains three species, all native to South America:Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
*'' ...
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* ''Capanemia
''Capanemia'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 recognized species, all from South America:
#'' Capanemia adelaidae'' Porto & Brade - Brazil
#'' Capanemia brachycion'' (Griseb.) Schltr. - Rio Grand ...
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* '' Caucaea''
* '' Centroglossa''
* '' Chytroglossa''
* ''Cischweinfia
''Cischweinfia'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It was named after Harvard orchidologist Charles Schweinfurth. It has eleven currently recognized species, all native to Central America and northwestern South ...
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* '' Comparettia''
* ''Cuitlauzina
''Cuitlauzina'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 8 recognized species, native to Mexico, Central America and Colombia. Species
See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
References
* Pridgeon, A.M., ...
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* '' Cypholoron''
* '' Cyrtochiloides''
* ''Cyrtochilum
The Oncidiinae is a subtribe within the Orchidaceae that consists of a number of genera that are closely related.
This subtribe consists of about 70 genera with over 1000 species, with ''Oncidium'' as its largest genus. These genera consist of a ...
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* '' Dunstervillea''
* '' Eloyella''
* '' Erycina''
* ''Fernandezia
''Fernandezia'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 30-40 species, native to northern South America, Central America, and southern Mexico.Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de ...
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* ''Gomesa
''Gomesa'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to South America. The genus is abbreviated as ''Gom''.Grandiphyllum
''Grandiphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the 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 frag ...
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* ''Hintonella
''Hintonella'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, ''Hintonella mexicana'', native to central and southern Mexico ( Jalisco, Guerrero, Mexico State, Morelos, Michoacán, Oaxaca ...
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* ''Hofmeisterella
''Hofmeisterella'' is a genus of orchids native to South America. Two species are known:Nauray Huari, W.; Galán de Mera, A. 2009: Una nueva combinación en ''Hofmeisterella'' (Orchidaceae) para la flora de Colombia. ''Novon'', 19(3): 388–390. ...
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* ''Ionopsis
''Ionopsis'' (violet orchid) is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 currently accepted species, native to Latin America, the West Indies, and Florida.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, ...
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* ''Leochilus
''Leochilus'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, the West Indies and Florida.
#''Leochilus carinatus'' (Knowles & Westc.) Lindl. - Oaxaca, Veracruz
#''Le ...
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* '' Lockhartia''
* ''Macradenia
''Macradenia'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Latin America, the West Indies and Florida.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orc ...
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* '' Macroclinium''
* ''Miltonia
''Miltonia'', abbreviated Milt. in the horticultural trade, is an orchid genus comprising twelve epiphyte species and eight natural hybrids. The miltonias are exclusively inhabitants of Brazil, except for one species whose range extends from Bra ...
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* '' Miltoniopsis''
* ''Notylia
''Notylia'', abbreviated Ntl in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of 56 recognized species, native to Mexico, Central America, Trinidad and South America.
Species currently recognized as of June 2014:
# ''Notylia albida'' ...
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* '' Notyliopsis''
* ''Oliveriana
''Oliveriana'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 known species, all native to South America.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchi ...
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* ''Oncidium
''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across much ...
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* '' Ornithocephalus''
* ''Otoglossum
''Otoglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to South America and Central America.Jenny, R. (2010). ''Otoglossum'', una revisión taxonómica. Orquideología 27: 63-95.
Description
They are plants of ...
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* ''Phymatidium
''Phymatidium'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum ...
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* '' Platyrhiza''
* ''Plectrophora
''Plectrophora'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central America, Central and South America.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim ...
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* '' Polyotidium''
* ''Psychopsiella
''Psychopsiella'' is a monotypic genus in the orchid family found only in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and near Caracas in Venezuela. It grows as an epiphyte in evergreen montane forests at elevations of . Chase, Mark W. "Psychopsi ...
'' (sometimes included in ''Psychopsis'')
* ''Psychopsis
''Psychopsis'' is a genus of four known species of orchids native to northern South America, Central America and Trinidad. The genus name is abbreviated ''Pyp.'' in the horticultural trade.Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural ...
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* '' Pterostemma''
* '' Quekettia''
* '' Rauhiella''
* ''Rhynchostele
''Rhynchostele'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America and Venezuela.
The genus name is abbreviated as ''Rst.'' in the horticultural trade.
Species
At the present time (May 2014), 1 ...
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* ''Rodriguezia
''Rodriguezia'', abbreviated Rdza. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of 49 known species, native to tropical America from southern Mexico and the Windward Islands south to Argentina, with many of the species endemic t ...
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* ''Rossioglossum
''Rossioglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has 9 currently recognized species (as of May 2014), all native to Mexico, Central America, and northern and western South America.
#'' Rossioglossum amplia ...
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* ''Sanderella
''Sanderella'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to South America. Two species are recognized at present (June 2014):Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/ ...
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* ''Saundersia
''Saundersia'' is a genus of epiphytic orchids endemic to Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 ...
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* ''Schunkea
''Schunkea'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The only known species is ''Schunkea vierlingii''.
It is native to south-eastern Brazil.
The genus name of ''Schunkea'' is in honour of Vital Schunk (fl. ...
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* ''Seegeriella
''Seegeriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.
It is native to Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru in western South America.
The genus name of ''Seegeriella'' is in honour of Hans Gerhard Seeger (b. 1939), German gard ...
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* ''Solenidium
''Solenidium'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has three known species, all native to South America.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botân ...
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* '' Suarezia''
* '' Sutrina''
* '' Systeloglossum''
* ''Telipogon
''Telipogon'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a large genus with dozens of species, native to South America, Central America, Hispaniola and southern Mexico.Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de ...
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* '' Thysanoglossa''
* ''Tolumnia
''Tolumnia'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Tolumnia'' (bug), a genus of insects in the family Pentatomidae
* ''Tolumnia'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae
{{Genus disambiguation ...
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* '' Trichocentrum''
* '' Trichoceros''
* '' Trichopilia''
* ''Trizeuxis
''Trizeuxis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is ''Trizeuxis falcata'', native to the American Tropics (Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador ...
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* ''Vitekorchis
''Vitekorchis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.
It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela in western South America.
Known species
As accepted by Kew:
* '' Vitekorchis aurifera'' (Rchb.f.) ...
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* '' Warmingia''
* '' Zelenkoa''
* ''Zygostates
''Zygostates'' is a genus of orchids widespread across much of South America from Guyana to Argentina.
The word is from the Greek ζυγοστάτης (zygostates, weigher, balance) and refers to the projections from the base of the column whic ...
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In synonymy:
* ''Ada
Ada may refer to:
Places
Africa
* Ada Foah, a town in Ghana
* Ada (Ghana parliament constituency)
* Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria
Asia
* Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Ada, Karaman, a village in Karaman Province, ...
'' = ''Brassia
''Brassia'' is a genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species (''B. caudata'') extending into Florida.
The genus was named afte ...
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* ''Odontoglossum
''Odontoglossum'', first named in 1816 by Karl Sigismund Kunth, is a genus of about 100 orchids. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''odon'' (tooth) and ''glossa'' (tongue), referring to the two tooth-like calluses on the base o ...
'' = ''Oncidium
''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across much ...
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References
* Mark W. Chase - ''A Reappraisal of the Oncidioid Orchids'' ; Systematic Botany, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1986), pp. 477–491External links
Details of the Oncidium Alliance
Orchid subtribes Taxa named by George Bentham {{Cymbidieae-stub