Stanhopeinae is a subtribe of plants in the tribe Cymbidieae.
The subtribe in the strict sense, have viscidia and stipes that are thin and strap-like, they are adapted for attachment to edge of the bee's scutellum or to a leg. Pseudobulbs are usually ribbed/four-angled or flattened. Leaves are generally thicker than Coeliopsidinae. Roots are smooth, without prominent root hairs. The column foot is lacking or not distinct. Unpollinated flowers quickly abscise and fall from the inflorescence, unlike members of Coeliopsidinae which include Coeliopsis, Lycomormium, and Peristeria. Stanhopeinae and Coeliopsidinae are now considered closely related sister subtribes.
Within Stanhopeinae the members can be further grouped in six clades based on morphological traits and molecular analysis.
The genus Archivea is only known by a watercolor painting by T. Duncanson in the herbarium archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. No pressed specimens or living material is known, so it can not be grouped into a specific clade.
All species in this subtribe are exclusively pollinated by male euglossine bees, which are attracted to the floral fragrances, and collect them. One orchid species may attract only one or a few species of bees from dozens of species in the habitat.[1]
Stanhopeinae is a subtribe of plants in the tribe Cymbidieae. The subtribe in the strict sense, have viscidia and stipes that are thin and strap-like,...
esters) throughout their lives, primarily from orchids in the subtribes Stanhopeinae and Catasetinae, where all species are exclusively pollinated by euglossine...
The genus is closely related to Cirrhaea. For other relatives see also Stanhopeinae & Coeliopsidinae. According to Rod Rice in Infragen. Rev. Gen. Gongora...
plants that grow readily in cultivation. For relatives of Stanhopea see Stanhopeinae and the closely related sister subtribe Coeliopsidinae. Most Stanhopea...
Louis Dressler; Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae I in Laneksteriana, 8:23-30. 2003. Gerlach, Günter; Dressler, Robert L. (2003). "Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae...
prominent stipe.[citation needed] Houlletia is placed in the subtribe Stanhopeinae. In 1999, E. Luckel & H. Fessel published the new genus Jennyella "to...
three members of this subtribe have traditionally been lumped in with Stanhopeinae, but obvious morphological traits and new molecular analysis by Whitten...
Horichia is a monotypic genus of orchid in the subtribe Stanhopeinae. Its only species is Horichia dressleri, which is endemic to Panama. Whitten, W. Mark;...
pollinarium forcefully. In addition, several genera of the orchid subtribe Stanhopeinae deploy mechanisms, which depends on if the bee slips and falls. In various...
Subtribe: Ornithocephalinae Genera: Ornithocephalus, Zygostates Subtribe Stanhopeinae: about 200 species; epiphytes found in the Western Hemisphere. Genera:...
position freeing the animal. The flowers of the species of the subtribes Stanhopeinae and Catasetinae belong to the most fascinating and extravagant of all...
(Summerh.) Jenny It is within the Tribe Cymbidieae and Subtribus of Stanhopeinae Benth. (1881). The species is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. The...
WHITTEN, W. MARK (February 1999). "Comparative vegetative anatomy of Stanhopeinae (Orchidaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 129 (2): 87–103...
generic relationships of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae) with emphasis on Stanhopeinae: combined molecular evidence". American Journal of Botany. 87 (12): 1842–1856...
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