Pleurothallidinae

Taxobox
name = Pleurothallidinae
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Epidendreae
subtribus = Pleurothallidinae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

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image_caption = "Pleurothallis lanceana"

The Pleurothallidinae are a neotropical subtribe of plants of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) including 29 genera in more than 4000 species.

Naturally occurring species of this subtribe are among the more popular orchids of horticulturalists, especially the genera "Dracula", "Dryadella", "Masdevallia" and "Restrepia".

The following genera are considered monophyletic : "Barbosella" (including "Barbrodia"), "Dracula", "Dresslerella", "Dryadella", "Lepanthes", "Masdevallia", "Platystele", "Porroglossum", "Restrepia", "Scaphosepalum", "Trisetella", and "Zootrophion".

On the other hand "Pleurothallis" is polyphyletic and is represented in five clades. "Myoxanthus" is also polyphyletic, represented in two clades.

References

* [http://www.loujost.com/DNAFrameset/DNAanalysisDocument.htm DNA-based reclassification of the Pleurothallidinae]
* [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/12/2286 Alec M. Pridgeon, Rodolfo Solano and Mark W. Chase - Phylogenetic relationships in Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae): combined evidence from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences; American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:2286-2308]