''Ornithidium'', is genus of

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s (family

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). Its members are native to the

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and to

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from southern

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to Bolivia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ''Ornithidium'' has often been included in the larger genus ''Maxillaria'' but recent molecular studies have found ''Maxillaria'' as it has long been viewed to be an unnatural hodgepodge composed of groups not closely related to each. Hence it has been proposed that the genus should be split into several genera, proposals that have been gaining acceptance.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Selected species

*'' Ornithidium coccineum'' *'' Ornithidium donaldeedodii''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9053179 Maxillarieae genera Maxillariinae Epiphytic orchids