Galeandra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Catasetinae
Genus: Galeandra
Overview of species (40)

G. arundinis – G. badia – G. batemanii – G. baueri – G. beyrichii – G. bicarinata – G. biloba – G. blanchetii – G. blattiodora – G. camptoceras – G. carnevaliana – G. claesii – G. curvifolia – G. devoniana – G. dives – G. duidensis – G. graminoides – G. greenwoodiana – G. harveyana – G. huebneri – G. hysterantha – G. junceaoides – G. lacustris – G. lagoensis – G. leptoceras – G. levyae – G. macroplectra – G. magnicolumna – G. minax – G. montana – G. multifoliata – G. nivalis – G. paraguayensis – G. pilosocolumna – G. santarena – G. schmidtii – G. schunkii – G. stangeana – G. styllomisantha – G. xerophila

Name

Galeandra Lindl. in F.A.Bauer, Ill. Orch. Pl.: t. 8 (1830)

Type species: Galeandra baueri Lindl. in F.A.Bauer Ill. Orch. Pl.: t. 8 (1830)

Synonymy

Homotypic
Corydandra Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 53 (1841), nom. superfl.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
Florida.
Mexico
Mexico Southwest.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Lindley, J. 1832. Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants sub pl. 8.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 29 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Galeandra. Accessed: 2021 May 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galeandra in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 24. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galeandra in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Galeandra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Galeandra. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2021.
Photo collections of Galeandra from Botanical Garden Munich
Tropicos.org 2021. Galeandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2021.

Vernacular names

български: Галеандра
English: Hooded orchids
перем коми: Галеандра
коми: Галеандра
мокшень: Галеандра
кырык мары: Галеандра
русский: Галеандра
удмурт: Галеандра

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

Species currently accepted as of June 2014:[1]

Galeandra arundinis
Galeandra badia
Galeandra batemanii
Galeandra baueri
Galeandra beyrichii
Galeandra bicarinata
Galeandra biloba
Galeandra blanchetii
Galeandra camptoceras
Galeandra carnevaliana
Galeandra claesii
Galeandra curvifolia
Galeandra devoniana
Galeandra dives
Galeandra duidensis
Galeandra graminoides
Galeandra greenwoodiana
Galeandra harveyana
Galeandra huebneri
Galeandra hysterantha
Galeandra junceaoides
Galeandra lacustris
Galeandra lagoensis
Galeandra leptoceras
Galeandra levyae
Galeandra macroplectra
Galeandra magnicolumna
Galeandra minax
Galeandra multifoliata
Galeandra nivalis
Galeandra paraguayensis
Galeandra pilosocolumna
Galeandra santarena
Galeandra schunkii
Galeandra stangeana
Galeandra styllomisantha
Galeandra xerophila

References

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.