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] | |
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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
- Ornithidium coccineum (Jacq.) Salisb. ex R.Br.
- Ornithidium donaldeedodii Ackerman & Whitten
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537
- ↑ 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.