# Xerorchis

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Genus of orchids

Xerorchis Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Xerorchideae P.J.Cribb Genus: Xerorchis Schltr. Species Xerorchis amazonica Xerorchis trichorhiza

***Xerorchis*** is an [orchid](/source/Orchid) [genus](/source/Genus) in the [subfamily](/source/Subfamily) [Epidendroideae](/source/Epidendroideae). It is the sole representative of the tribe **Xerorchideae**. *Xerorchis* is only found in [South America](/source/South_America). [1]

## Taxonomy

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It is unclear whether this genus should be classified in the lower or higher epidendroids. [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

*Xerorchis* has 8 [pollinia](/source/Pollinium), hence similar to the more advanced epidendroid genera of [Epidendreae](/source/Epidendreae) and [Arethuseae](/source/Arethuseae). Yet its [morphology](/source/Morphology_(biology)), with unthickened [stems](/source/Plant_stem) and persistent [leaves](/source/Leaf), is that of a [bambusoid](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bambusoid&action=edit&redlink=1) [grass](/source/Grass) and makes it more similar to [Tropidieae](/source/Tropidieae) or [Triphoreae](/source/Triphoreae). [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Range

According to [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online), *Xerorchis* is native to [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia), [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador), [French Guiana](/source/French_Guiana), [Guyana](/source/Guyana), [Peru](/source/Peru), [Suriname](/source/Suriname) and [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela). [1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) ["Xerorchis Schltr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:288297-2). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 2023-06-20.

Taxon identifiers Xerorchis Wikidata: Q311893 Wikispecies: Xerorchis BOLD: 431650 CoL: 8W4RX EoL: 108503 GBIF: 2850937 GRIN: 12962 IPNI: 288297-2 IRMNG: 1062340 NCBI: 78856 Open Tree of Life: 855545 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:288297-2 Tropicos: 40027349 WFO: wfo-4000040963 Xerorchideae Wikidata: Q2285580 Wikispecies: Xerorchideae GRIN: 2739 IPNI: 77066783-1 NCBI: 1759426 Open Tree of Life: 5919242 Tropicos: 100482749

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