Malaxideae

Tribe of orchids

Malaxideae

Malaxis densiflora
Scientific 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]
Dendrobiinae Malaxidinae
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)

Malaxideae is an orchid tribe in the subfamily Epidendroideae.

Taxonomy

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]

Subtribe Malaxidinae
- Alatiliparis Marg. & Szlach.
- Crepidium Blume
- Crossoglossa Dressler & Dodson
- Crossoliparis Marg.
- Dienia Lindl.
- Hammarbya Kuntze
- Hippeophyllum Schltr.
- Liparis Rich.
- Malaxis Sol. ex Sw.
- Oberonia Lindl.
- Oberonioides Szlach.
- Orestias Ridl.
- Stichorkis Thouars
- Tamayorkis Szlach.
Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Dendrobium Sw.
- Bulbophyllum Thouars

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

References

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^ ^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.