Adrorhizinae

Adrorhizinae is an orchid subtribe in the tribe Vandeae.^[3]

Adrorhizinae
Flowering Bromheadia brevifolia Ridl. specimen
Flowering Sirhookera lanceolata (Wight) Kuntze specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Adrorhizinae Schltr.
Type genus
Adrorhizon Hook.f.[1]
Genera
Adrorhizon Bromheadia Sirhookera
Synonyms[2]
Bromheadiinae Dressler (1990)

Ecology

Pollination

Pollination by ants, flies, and carpenter bees has been reported.^[2]

Phylogeny

One study identified this subtribe as the sister group to the subtribes Angraecinae and Aeridinae:^[4]

Vandeae s.l.	Aeridinae Angraecinae (including Aerangidinae) Adrorhizinae Polystachyinae

Adrorhizon purpurascens illustration

See also

• Taxonomy of the Orchidaceae