Ornithidium

Ornithidium
	Ornithidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Maxillarieae
Subtribe:	Maxillariinae
Genus:	Ornithidium
Type species
	Ornithidium coccineum; (Jacq.) Salisb. ex R. Br.
Synonyms
	Siagonanthus Poepp. & Endl; Neo-urbania Fawc. & Rendle; Laricorchis Szlach.;

Ornithidium, is genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). Its members are native to the West Indies and to Latin America from southern Mexico to Bolivia.^[1]

Ornithidium has often been included in the larger genus Maxillaria but recent molecular studies have found Maxillaria as it has long been viewed to be an unnatural hodgepodge composed of groups not closely related to each. Hence it has been proposed that the genus should be split into several genera, proposals that have been gaining acceptance.^[2]^[3]

Selected species

Ornithidium coccineum (Jacq.) Salisb. ex R.Br.
Ornithidium donaldeedodii Ackerman & Whitten

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

[sarah-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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