Xerorchis

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = P.J.Cribb | taxon = Xerorchis | authority = [[Rudolf Schlechter|Schltr.]] | range_map = Xerorchis.png | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''[[Xerorchis amazonica]]'' * ''[[Xerorchis trichorhiza]]'' }}

'''''Xerorchis''''' is an [[orchid]] [[genus]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Epidendroideae]]. It is the sole representative of the tribe '''Xerorchideae'''. ''Xerorchis'' is only found in [[South America]]. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Xerorchis Schltr. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:288297-2 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref>

==Taxonomy== {{unreferenced section|date=June 2023}} It is unclear whether this genus should be classified in the lower or higher epidendroids. {{cn|date=June 2023}}

''Xerorchis'' has 8 [[pollinium|pollinia]], hence similar to the more advanced epidendroid genera of [[Epidendreae]] and [[Arethuseae]]. Yet its [[morphology (biology)|morphology]], with unthickened [[Plant stem|stems]] and persistent [[leaf|leaves]], is that of a [[bambusoid]] [[grass]] and makes it more similar to [[Tropidieae]] or [[Triphoreae]]. {{cn|date=June 2023}}

== Range == According to [[Plants of the World Online]], ''Xerorchis'' is native to [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[French Guiana]], [[Guyana]], [[Peru]], [[Suriname]] and [[Venezuela]]. <ref name=":0" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Xerorchideae genera]] [[Category:Xerorchideae]]