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: Aeridostachya (Hook.f.) Brieger Appendicula Blume Ascidieria Seidenf. Bambuseria Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen Bryobium Lindl. Callostylis Blume Campanulorchis Brieger Ceratostylis Blume Cryptochilus Wall. Cylindrolobus Blume Dendrolirium Blume Dilochiopsis (Hook.f.) Brieger Epiblastus Schltr. Eria Lindl. Mediocalcar J.J.Sm. Mycaranthes Blume Oxystophyllum Blume Pinalia Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl. Poaephyllum Ridl. Podochilus Blume Porpax Lindl. Pseuderia Schltr. Strongyleria (Pfitzer) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen Trichotosia Blume
Footnotes
References 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. .
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History of the taxonomy of orchids Orchid Tree: a phylogeny of epiphytes (mostly) on the Tree of Life