Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic classification in between family and genus. It is typically used to help organize very large families, which may have hundreds of genera.

Below is an example of a single species of orchid and its classification.

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• Subclass: Liliidae
• Order: Orchidales
• Suborder:
• Family: Orchidaceae
• Subfamily: Epidendroideae
• Tribe: Epidendreae I – New World
• Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
• Genus: Restrepia
• Species: R. antennifera