Zygopetalinae (Subtribe)

Overview

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A Subtribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Subtribe Zygopetalinae is a member of the Tribe Cymbidieae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Zygopetalinae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Liliidae Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lilianae Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Asparagales Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Orchidaceae (or-kid-AY-see-ee) A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Epidendroideae
        Tribe: Cymbidieae
        Subtribe: Zygopetalinae

The Subtribe Zygopetalinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Alliance (2): Cattleya · Zygopetalum
Genus (3): Batemannia · Dichaea · Zygopetalum
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 461 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subtribe Zygopetalinae.

Genera

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Batemannia

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Dichaea

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Zygopetalum

Zygopetalum ( 1833), is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) (subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Maxillarieae, subtribe Zygopetalinae), consisting of fourteen species. [more]

At least 284 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zygopetalum.

More info about the Genus Zygopetalum may be found here.

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