Galeandra

Galeandra, abbreviated as Gal in horticultural trade, is a genus of 37 known species of orchids native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and Florida.[1]

Galeandra
Galeandra styllomisantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Catasetinae
Genus: Galeandra
Lindl.
Type species
Galeandra baueri
Lindl.

Species

Species currently accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Galeandra arundinis
  2. Galeandra badia
  3. Galeandra batemanii
  4. Galeandra baueri
  5. Galeandra beyrichii
  6. Galeandra bicarinata
  7. Galeandra biloba
  8. Galeandra blanchetii
  9. Galeandra camptoceras
  10. Galeandra carnevaliana
  11. Galeandra claesii
  12. Galeandra curvifolia
  13. Galeandra devoniana
  14. Galeandra dives
  15. Galeandra duidensis
  16. Galeandra graminoides
  17. Galeandra greenwoodiana
  18. Galeandra harveyana
  19. Galeandra huebneri
  20. Galeandra hysterantha
  21. Galeandra junceaoides
  22. Galeandra lacustris
  23. Galeandra lagoensis
  24. Galeandra leptoceras
  25. Galeandra levyae
  26. Galeandra macroplectra
  27. Galeandra magnicolumna
  28. Galeandra minax
  29. Galeandra multifoliata
  30. Galeandra nivalis
  31. Galeandra paraguayensis
  32. Galeandra pilosocolumna
  33. Galeandra santarena
  34. Galeandra schunkii
  35. Galeandra stangeana
  36. Galeandra styllomisantha
  37. Galeandra xerophila

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Lindley, J. (1832) Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants sub pl. 8.
  • Pridgeon, A.M. , Cribb, P., Chase, M.W., and Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2009) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2): Epidendroideae, 29 ff. Oxford: Oxford University Press.


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