Orchidaceae

Family Orchidaceae

The orchid family (Orchidaceae) is subdivided in several subfamilies, and then in tribes, subtribes, alliances and then genera.

According to Dressler, there are 5 subfamilies, 22 tribes, 70 subtribes, about 850 genera and about 20,000 species in this family.

The following taxonomy still follows largely the system of Robert Louis Dressler.

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