Gavilea

Gavilea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands), Argentina and the Falkland Islands.[1]

Gavilea
Gavilea venosa (type species)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Chloraeinae
Genus: Gavilea
Poepp.

Species

The genus Gavilea contains the following known species:

  1. Gavilea araucana (Phil.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
  2. Gavilea australis (Skottsb.) M.N.Correa - Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
  3. Gavilea cardioglossa (Reiche) Martic. - Chile
  4. Gavilea gladysiae Chemisquy - Chile, Argentina
  5. Gavilea glandulifera (Poepp. & Endl.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
  6. Gavilea insularis M.N.Correa - Juan Fernández Islands
  7. Gavilea kingii (Hook.f.) M.N.Correa - southern Chile
  8. Gavilea litoralis (Phil.) M.N.Correa - southern Chile, southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
  9. Gavilea longibracteata (Lindl.) Sparre ex L.E.Navas - Chile
  10. Gavilea lutea (Comm. ex Pers.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
  11. Gavilea odoratissima Poepp. - Chile, Argentina
  12. Gavilea platyantha (Rchb.f.) Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
  13. Gavilea supralabellata M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
  14. Gavilea trullata Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
  15. Gavilea venosa (Lam.) Garay & Ormerod - Chile
  16. Gavilea wittei (Hicken) Ormerod - Chile, Argentina

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Poeppig, E.F. (1833) Fragmentum Synopseos Plantarum Phanerogamum 18.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 10 ff, Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Chemisquy, M.A. (2009). Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Gavilea (Orchidaceae, Chloraeinae), con especial énfasis en las especies Chilenas. Darwiniana 47: 315–320.
  • Media related to Gavilea at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Gavilea at Wikispecies


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