Adrorhizinae

Subtribe of orchids

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
  • Adrorhizon
  • Bromheadia
  • Sirhookera
Synonyms[1]

Bromheadiinae Dressler (1990)

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

Ecology

Pollination

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

Phylogeny

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

References

Wikispecies has information related to Adrorhizinae.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Adrorhizinae


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