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Angraecinae

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Angraecinae
Angraecum sesquipedale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Summerh.
Type genus
Angraecum Bory
Genera

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Synonyms[1]
  • Aerangidinae Summerh. (1966); Schltr. (1920)
  • Podanginae Brieger (1971)
  • Bolusiellinae Szlach. (1995)
  • Listrostachyinae Szlach. (1995)
  • Calyptrochilinae Szlach. (1995)
  • Rhaesterinae Szlach. (1995)

Angraecinae is a subtribe in the family Orchidaceae. The subtribe consists of approximately 47 genera.[2] The type genus is Angraecum. Most of the genera are endemic to Africa, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean Islands, a few genera can also be found in the Americas.

Taxonomy

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Angraecinae phylogeny.

Recent scholarship has led to proposed reorganization of this subtribe.[citation needed] The proposed change would have Campylocentrum and all leafless Neotropical genera transferred to a new subtribe under tribe Vandeae to be called Campylocentrinae. That would leave only the Palaeotropical genera in the Angraecum alliance within this subtribe. There is, however, not sufficient scientific agreement to justify moving the "Campylocentrinae" at this time.

Angraecum Alliance

Campylocentrum Alliance


Phylogeny

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The subtribe Angraecinae (incl. Aerangidinae) is the sister group to the subtribe Aeridinae:[3]

Vandeae s.l.

Aeridinae

Angraecinae (including Aerangidinae)

Adrorhizinae

Polystachyinae

Genera

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This figure gives a visual impression and comparison of the species richness of the genera belonging to the subtribe Angraecinae

Some species

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References

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  1. ^ Pridgeon, A., Cribb, P., Rasmussen, F., & Chase, M. (2014). "Genera Orchidacearum: Epidendroideae." p. 338. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Chase, M. W., Cameron, K. M., Freudenstein, J. V., Pridgeon, A. M., Salazar, G., Van den Berg, C., & Schuiteman, A. (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae." Botanical journal of the Linnean Society, 177(2), 151-174.
  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.
  • Stewart, Joyce; Hermans, Johan; Campbell, Bob (1 August 2006). Angraecoid Orchids: Species from the African Region. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-788-0.