Epidendreae

Cattleya labiata, copyright Tarciso Leão.

Belongs within: Epidendroideae.

The Epidendreae are a group of orchids bearing pollinia fused with sticky caudicles. They include the Neotropical genus Cattleya, species of which are popular in cultivation.

<==Epidendreae [Epidendrinae, Laeliinae]
|--AppendiculaFR99
| |--A. australiensis (Bailey) Clements & Jones 1992 (comb. illeg.)D92
| |--A. hexandraFR99
| |--‘Dendrolirium’ pusillumL60
| `--A. reflexaP03
`--+--AgrostophyllumFR99
| |--A. bicuspidatumP03
| |--A. denbergeriP03
| |--A. glumaceumRC02
| `--A. majusP03
`--+--ArpophyllumFR99
`--+--+--+--SchomburgkiaFR99
| | `--+--ChysisFR99
| | `--Meiracyllium [Meiracylliinae]FR99
| `--CattleyaFR99
| |--C. ballantinianaH04
| |--C. labiataH04
| |--C. mendelliiH04
| `--C. rochellensisH04
`--EpidendrumFR99
| i. s.: E. aggregatumK16
| E. atropurpureumH04
| E. brachycladiumK16
| E. carnosumK16
| E. cnemidophorumK16
| E. crassipes (Lindley) Kränzlin 1916 [=E. brachycladium var. crassipes Lindley 1853]K16
| E. durumK16
| E. frons-bovisK16
| E. hymenodesK16
| E. nocturnumFS90
| E. raniferumK16
|--E. sect. EuepidendrumK16
| |--E. blepharichilum Kränzlin 1916K16
| |--E. capricornu Kränzlin 1916K16
| `--E. rhomboglossum Kränzlin 1916K16
|--E. sect. HormidiumK16
| |--E. caespitosum [incl. Coelogyne triptera]K16
| |--E. harmsianum Kränzlin 1916K16
| |--E. miserumK16
| |--E. pygmaeumK16
| `--E. serpensK16
|--E. (sect. Pleuranthium) bambusiforme Kränzlin 1916K16
`--E. (sect. Spathium) exaltatum Kränzlin 1916K16

Epidendreae incertae sedis:
AlamaniaA86
ArtorimaA86
BasiphyllaeaA86
BrassavolaA86
BroughtoniaA86
CaularthronA86
ConstantiaA86
DilomilisA86
DimerandraA86
DiothonaeaA86
DomingoaA86
EncycliaA86
EpidanthusA86
HagsateraA86
HelleriellaA86
HexiseaA86
HomalopetalumA86
Isabelia Barbosa-Rodrigues 1877A86, FT93
JacquiniellaA86
LoefgrenianthusA86
NageliellaA86
NeocogniauxiaA86
NeowilliamsiaA86
NidemaA86
OerstedellaA86
OrleanesiaA86
PineliaA86
PlatyglottisA86
PseudolaeliaA86
QuisqueyaA86
ReichenbachanthusA86
RhyncholaeliaA86
ScaphyglottisA86
SophronitisA86

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A86] Atwood, J. T. 1986. The size of the Orchidaceae and the systematic distribution of epiphytic orchids. Selbyana 9: 171–186.

[D92] Dockrill, A. W. 1992. Australian Indigenous Orchids 2nd ed. vol. 2. The epiphytes, the tropical terrestrial species. Surrey Beatty & Sons.

[FT93] Fensome, R. A., F. J. R. Taylor, G. Norris, W. A. S. Sarjeant, D. I. Wharton & G. L. Williams. 1993. A classification of living and fossil dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7: i–viii, 1–351.

[FS90] Fleutiaux, E., & A. Sallé. 1890. Liste des coléoptères de la Guadeloupe et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6e série 9: 351–484.

[FR99] Freudenstein, J. V., & F. N. Rasmussen. 1999. What does morphology tell us about orchid relationships?—a cladistic analysis. American Journal of Botany 86: 225–248.

[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.

[K16] Kränzlin, F. 1916. Orchidaceae andinae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54 (Beiblatt 117): 16–34.

[L60] Lindley, J. 1860. Contributions to the orchidology of India.—No. II. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London: Botany 4: 1–63.

[P03] Partomihardjo, T. 2003. Colonisation of orchids on the Krakatau Islands. Telopea 10 (1): 299–310.

[RC02] Ridley, H. N., & C. Curtis. 1902. Malay plant names. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 38: 39–122.

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