The Eriinae form a subtribe of Podochileae, a tribe of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the genus Eria.

The subtribe includes 24 genera with more than 900 species of epiphytic, lithophytic or (more rarely) terrestrial orchids from tropical regions of India, China, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Genera:

Footnotes

  • Cameron, K.M. et al. (1999). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Orchidaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences." In: Yukawa and H.G, Hills and D.H. Goldman, (1999). A phylogenetic analysis of the Orchidaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences.
  • Pridgeon, Alec M., Phillip Cribb, and Mark W. Chase. (2005). Genera Orchidacearum - Volume I: Epidendroideae. Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7.

External links

  • Media related to Eriinae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Eriinae at Wikispecies
  • 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine