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Pachites
Pachites bodkinii
Botanical illustration of Pachites appressus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Pachitinae
G.Z.Chen, Z.J.Liu & S.P.Chen
Genus: Pachites
Lindl.

Pachites is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, both endemic to South Africa.[1][2] One of these, Pachites appressus, is very rare.[3]

Pachites was named by John Lindley in 1835.[4][5] The name is derived from the Greek word pachys, meaning "thick, stout", and refers to the rostellum.[6]

In Genera Orchidacearum volume 2, Pachites and Satyrium constitute the subtribe Satyriinae of the tribe Diseae.[7] After that work was published in 2001, molecular phylogenetic studies showed that Pachites does not form a clade with Satyrium.[8] Instead, Pachites occupies a basal position in Diseae.[3] In spite of the papers published in 2008 and 2009, uncertainties remain over the exact relationships of Pachites to other genera. In a classification of orchids that was published in 2015, Pachites, Disa, and Huttonaea constitute the subtribe Disinae of the tribe Orchideae.[9] This circumscription of Disinae, however, was done provisionally, to avoid creating new subtribes before further studies could determine, with increased certainty, the true affinities of these three genera.

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  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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