TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification there is a group of Tribes that are called the Lower Epidendroids. The Tribes are Sobraliinae, Neottieae, Palmorchideae, Tropidieae, Diceratosteleae, Triphoreae, Nervilieae, Xerorchideae. The clade is polyphyletic.
In the
Plant theory the clade is called
Neottioideae.
Neottioideae is in
Subphase 7 of the
Orchidales. As such they are at the level of
Family and could be named Neottiaceae.