Fernandezia

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Fernandezia
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Fernandezia sanguinea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Fernandezia
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms [1]
  • PachyphyllumKunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
  • CentropetalumLindl.
  • NasoniaLindl. in G.Bentham
  • OrchidotypusKraenzl.
  • RaycadencoDodson

Fernandezia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 30-40 species, native to northern South America, Central America, and southern Mexico. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Species include: [5] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. ↑ Atwood Jr., J.T. & D.E. Mora-Retana. 1999. Family #39 Orchidaceae: Tribe Maxillarieae: subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae. 40: i–vi, 1–182. In W.C. Burger (ed.) Fl. Costaricensis, Fieldiana, Bot.. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
  4. ↑ Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
  5. ↑ "Fernandezia Ruiz & Pav". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
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