| Brazilian Orchids - Orchid News - Especial WOC (3248 words) |
 | ON: The classification of Pleurothallidinae subtribe (one of the biggest) is one of the most complex and many scientists consecrated their time in studying it and suggesting many changes. |
| We have a very interesting and confusing situation in Pleurothallidinae, common in many others orchids group: the recognition of the genera was based on the floral morphology, but it isn’t indicative of relationships among them, but the floral adaptations with their pollinators. |
| Now we have a system where the genera are recognized as monophyletic groups (a genus is integrated by all species with the same evolutionary history and the same ancestor throughout the time) and the species that not belong to this group, should be placed in other genus, its respective monophyletic group. |
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