Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-633.71.00
Cypripedioideae
Cypripedioideae: 6 genera; 115 species; terrestrials or lithophytes.
Vanilloideae: 15 genera.
Taxonomy
Cypripedioideae and Vanilloideae are both a monophyletic clade in the Orchidaceae.
In the Plant theory they are taken together as Cypripedioideae. This will make them polyphyletic. Cypripedioideae is in Subphase 2 of the Orchidales. As such they are at the level of Family and could be named Cypripediaceae.