Galeandra

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.

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]

Species

Galeandra stangeana

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.

External links

• Media related to Galeandra at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Galeandra at Wikispecies