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Pleurothallidinae

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

Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Family
Orchidaceae
Collections
UNICAMP, UFPR, UFRB
Recorded in
Brazil, Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Epidendreae
Image
Pleurothallis lanceana - pl.jpg
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taxon name
Pleurothallidinae
taxon rank
subtribe
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Category:Pleurothallidinae
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Pleurothallidinae
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pleurothallidinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.