Malaxideae is an orchid tribe in the subfamily Epidendroideae.

Malaxideae
Malaxis densiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Malaxideae
Lindl. (1821) Coll. Bot. App. (1826)
Subtribes[1]
Synonyms
  • Liparidinae Lindl. Coll Bot. App. (1821)
  • Microstylidinae Benth. J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 18, 287 (1881)
  • Malaxidinae Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl., 3, 463, 465 (1883)
  • Liparideae Pfitzer, Etw. Nat. Anordn, Orch., 100 (1887)
  • Oberoniinae Aver. Bot. Zhurn. (Kiev), 76, 121 (1991)

Taxonomy edit

In their 2015 review of Orchidaceae taxonomy, Chase and colleagues divided the tribe into two subtribes, Malaxidinae and Dendrobiinae.[1] The latter is treated as a tribe by some authors.

The subtribes included the following genera:[1]

Risleya was previously included, but is now placed in the tribe Collabieae.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074.