Ornithidium

Ornithidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Maxillariinae
Genus: Ornithidium
Type species
Ornithidium coccineum
(Jacq.) Salisb. ex R. Br.
Synonyms[1]
  • Siagonanthus Poepp. & Endl
  • Neo-urbania Fawc. & Rendle
  • Laricorchis Szlach.

Ornithidium, is genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). Its members are native to the West Indies and to Latin America from southern Mexico to Bolivia.[1]

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 a 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.[2][3]

Selected species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537
  3. 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.