Macradenia

Macradenia
Macradenia lutescens (Illustration)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Macradenia R.Br.
Synonyms [1]
RhynchadeniaA.Rich. in R.de la Sagra SerrastylisRolfe

Macradenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Latin America, the West Indies and Florida. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

1. Macradenia amazonica Mansf. - Brazil
2. Macradenia brassavolae Rchb.f. - southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
3. Macradenia delicatula Barb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais
4. Macradenia loxoglottis Focke ex Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Suriname
5. Macradenia lutescens R.Br. - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
6. Macradenia multiflora (Kraenzl.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil, Paraguay
7. Macradenia paraensis Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Paraguay
8. Macradenia paulensis Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil
9. Macradenia purpureorostrata G.Gerlach - Colombia, Venezuela
10. Macradenia regnellii Barb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais
11. Macradenia rubescens Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Venezuela
12. Macradenia tridentata C.Schweinf. - Peru

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of north America v 26 p 647, Macradenia R. Brown, Bot. Reg. 8: plate 612. 1822.
3. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 290 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

External links

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