Orchidineae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Suborder Orchidineae

Adam and Eve
amerorchis
anoectochilus
basiphyllaea
bletilla
brassavola
brassia
broughtonia
cochleanthes
comparettia
crested coralroot
dilomilis
domingoa
eltroplectris
fairy slipper
false helmetorchid
galearis
govenia
grasspink
hapalorchis
helleriella
isochilus
keyflower
koellensteinia
ladies'-tresses
lepanthopsis
macradenia
orchid
rattlesnake plantain

Hierarchical position of the Suborder Orchidineae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Orchidales Raf.
pub. Anal. Nat.: 197. Apr-Jul 1815.
  
   Subordo  Orchidineae Rchb.
pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: xxxviii. Jul 1841.
  

Named members of the Suborder Orchidineae

1
   Familia  Orchidaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Orchids
  
 
2
   Subfamilia  Apostasioideae Horan.
pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 46. 1847.
3
   Subfamilia  Arethusoideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 233. Mai 1831.
4
   Familia  Boryaceae M.W. Chase, Rudall & Conran
pub. 1997
 
5
   Subfamilia  Cypripedioideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl.: 233. Mai 1831.
  
6
   Subfamilia  Epidendroideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 233. Mai 1831.
  
7
   Subfamilia  Epipogonoideae Leurss.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 477. Jan 1880.
8
   Subfamilia  Gastrodioideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 233. Mai 1831.
  
9
   Subfamilia  Limodoroideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 461. Jun 1835.
10
   Subfamilia  Liparidoideae Luerss.
pub. Grundz. Bot., ed. 5: 471. Jun 1893.
11
   Subfamilia  Malaxidoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 461. Jun 1835.
12
   Subfamilia  Neottioideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 233. Mai 1831.
13
   Subfamilia  Ophrydoideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 233. Mai 1831.
14
   Subfamilia  Orchidoideae Eaton
pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 29. Apr-Mai 1836.
  
15
   Subfamilia  Vandoideae Endl.
pub. Ench. Bot.: 110. 15-21 Aug 1841.
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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