Gomesa

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Gomesa
Overview of species (125)
a

G. adamantina – G. albinoi – G. alpina – G. alvesiana
b

G. barbaceniae – G. barbata – G. barkeri – G. bicolor – G. bifolia – G. blanchetii – G. bohnkiana – G. brasiliensis – G. brieniana
c

G. caatingana – G. caldensis – G. calimaniana – G. calimaniorum – G. carlosregentii – G. chapadensis – G. chrysoptera – G. chrysopterantha – G. ciliata – G. cogniauxiana – G. colorata – G. concolor – G. cornigera – G. crispa – G. croesus – G. cruciata – G. culuenensis – G. cuneata
d

G. damacenoi – G. dasytyle – G. deuteroregentii – G. diamantinensis – G. discifera – G. divaricata – G. doeringii – G. doniana – G. duseniana
e

G. echinata – G. edmundoi – G. eleutherosepala – G. emiliana – G. emilii
f

G. fischeri – G. flexuosa – G. foliosa – G. forbesii – G. fuscans – G. fuscopetala
g

G. gardneri – G. glaziovii – G. gomezoides – G. gracilis – G. gravesiana – G. gutfreundiana
h

G. handroi – G. herzogii – G. hookeri – G. hydrophila
i

G. imperatoris-maximiliani – G. insignis – G. itapetingensis
j

G. jucunda
k

G. kautskyi – G. kleinii
l

G. laxiflora – G. leinigii – G. lietzei – G. loefgrenii – G. longicornu – G. longipes
m

G. macropetala – G. majevskyae – G. mantiqueirensis – G. marshalliana – G. martiana – G. messmeriana – G. microphyta – G. micropogon
n

G. neoparanaensis – G. nitida – G. novaesae
o

G. ottonis – G. ouricanensis
p

G. pabstii – G. paranaensis – G. paranapiacabensis – G. paranensoides – G. pardoglossa – G. pectoralis – G. petropolitana – G. planifolia – G. praetexta – G. pubes – G. pulchella
r

G. radicans – G. ramosa – G. ranifera – G. recurva – G. reducta – G. reichertii – G. riograndensis – G. riviereana – G. rupestris
s

G. salesopolitana – G. sarcodes – G. sellowii – G. sessilis – G. silvana – G. sincorana – G. spiloptera
t

G. tapiraiensis
u

G. uhlii – G. uniflora
v

G. varicosa – G. vasconcelosiana – G. velteniana – G. venusta – G. viperina
w

G. warmingii – G. welteri – G. widgrenii – G. williamsii
Nothospecies: (8)

G. × amicta – G. × colnagoi – G. × francacesari – G. × lita – G. × roczonii – G. × scullyi – G. × stanleyi – G. × terassaniana
Name

Gomesa R.Br., Bot. Mag. 42: t. 1748 (1815)

Type species: Gomesa recurva R.Br., Bot. Mag. 42: t. 1748 (1815)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Coppensia Dumort., Nouv. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(3): 10 (1835)
Maturna Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 99 (1837)
Physanthera Bertero ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 330 (1841), not validly publ.
Baptistonia Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 95 (1877)
Theodorea Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 144 (1877), nom. illeg.
Ornithophora Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 225 (1882)
Waluewa Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 11: 300 (1890)
Rodrigueziella Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 649 (1891)
Binotia Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 13: 296 (1905)
Rodrigueziopsis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 427 (1920)
Hellerorchis A.D.Hawkes, Orchid J. 3: 275 (1959), nom. superfl.
Carria V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda, Orchids (West Palm Beach) 74: 694 (2005), nom. illeg.
Alatiglossum Baptista, Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 3: 87 (2006)
Ampliglossum Campacci, Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 3: 83 (2006)
Anettea Szlach. & Mytnik, Polish Bot. J. 51: 49 (2006), nom. superfl.
Brasilidium Campacci, Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 3: 78 (2006)
Carenidium Baptista, Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 3: 90 (2006)
Carriella V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda, Icon. Orchid. Brasil. 2: t. 123 (2006)
Castroa Guiard, Richardiana 6: 162 (2006)
Concocidium Romowicz & Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 51: 44 (2006), nom. superfl.
Kleberiella V.P.Castro & Cath., Richardiana 6: 158 (2006)
Menezesiella Chiron & V.P.Castro, Richardiana 6: 103 (2006)
Neoruschia Cath. & V.P.Castro, Richardiana 6: 158 (2006)
Rhinocerotidium Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 51: 40 (2006)
Rhinocidium Baptista, Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 3: 93 (2006)
Nitidocidium F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues, Bol. CAOB 77-78: 27 (2010)
Campaccia Baptista, P.A.Harding & V.P.Castro, Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 9: 316 (2011)
Hardingia Docha Neto & Baptista, Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 9: 342 (2011)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

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

References
Primary references

Brown, R. 1815. Botanical Magazine 42: t. 1748.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 271 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Additional references

Chase, M.W., Williams, N.H., Faria, A.D., Neubig, K.M., Amaral, M.C. & Whitten, W.M. (2009) Floral convergence in Oncidiinae (Cymbidieae; Orchidaceae): an expanded concept of Gomesa and a new genus Nohawilliamsia. Annals of Botany, 104(3): 387–402. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp067 Reference page.
Chase, M.W., Cameron, K.M., Freudenstein, J.V., Pridgeon, A.M., Salazar, G., van den Berg, C. & Schuiteman, A. 2015. An updated classification of Orchidaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177(2): 151–174. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12234 Open access PDF. Reference page.
Ferreira, A.W.C., Lima, M.I.S. & Pansarin, E.R. (2010) Orchidaceae na região central de São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia, 61: 243–259.
Neubig, K.M.,Whitten, W.M., Williams, N.H., Blanco, M.A., Endara, Burleigh, J.G., Silveira, K, Cushman, J.C. & Chase, M.W. (2012) Generic recircumscriptions of Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae: Cymbidieae) based on maximum likelihood analysis of combined DNA datasets. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168(2): 117–146. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01194.x Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gomesa. Accessed: 2021 May 31.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gomesa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gomesa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Gomesa. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. 77112644-1 Gomesa. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Gomesa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 31.

Vernacular names

العربية: غوميزة
кырык мары: Гомеза

Gomesa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to South America.[1] The genus is abbreviated as Gom.[2]

Species

This genus contains many species that were previously assigned to Oncidium.

Species include:

Gomesa adamantina (Marçal & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa albinoi (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa alpina Porsch (1908)
Gomesa barbaceniae (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa barbata (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa barkeri (Hook.) Rolfe (1901)
Gomesa bicolor (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa blanchetii (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa bohnkiana (V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa brasiliensis (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa brieniana (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa caldensis (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa calimaniana (Guiard) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa carlosregentii Lückel (2010)
Gomesa chapadensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa chrysoptera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa chrysopterantha (Lückel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa ciliata (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa cogniauxiana (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa colorata (Königer & J.G.Weinm.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa concolor (Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa cornigera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa crispa (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f. (1852)
Gomesa croesus (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa cruciata (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa culuenensis (Docha Neto & Benelli) Lückel (2010)
Gomesa cuneata (Scheidw.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa damacenoi (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa dasytyle (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa discifera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa divaricata Hoffmanns. ex Schltr. (1926)
Gomesa doeringii (Hoehne) Pabst (1967)
Gomesa doniana (Bateman ex W.H.Baxter) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa duseniana Kraenzl. (1921)
Gomesa echinata (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa edmundoi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa eleutherosepala (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa emiliana H.Barbosa (1920)
Gomesa emilii (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa fischeri Regel (1856)
Gomesa flexuosa (Lodd.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa foliosa (Hook.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f. (1852)
Gomesa forbesii (Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa fuscans (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa fuscopetala (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa gardneri (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa gilva (Vell.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa glaziovii Cogn. (1905)
Gomesa gomezoides (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst (1967)
Gomesa gracilis (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa gravesiana (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa gutfreundiana (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa handroi (Hoehne) Pabst (1967)
Gomesa herzogii (Schltr.) Lückel (2010)
Gomesa hookeri (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa hydrophila (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa insignis (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa isoptera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa itapetingensis (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa jucunda (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa kautskyi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa laxiflora (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f. (1852)
Gomesa leinigii (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa lietzei (Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa loefgrenii (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa longicornu (Mutel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa longipes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa macronyx (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa macropetala (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa majevskyi (Toscano & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa marshalliana (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa martiana (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa messmeriana (Campacci) Laitano (2010)
Gomesa microphyta (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa micropogon (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa montana (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa neoparanaensis M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa nitida (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa novaesae (Ruschi) Fraga & A.P.Fontana, Phytotaxa 20: 57. (2011)
Gomesa ouricanensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa pabstii (Campacci & C.Espejo) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa paranaensis Kraenzl. (1911)
Gomesa paranapiacabensis (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa paranensoides M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa pardoglossa (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa pectoralis (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa petropolitana (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa planifolia (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f. (1852)
Gomesa praetexta (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa pubes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa pulchella (Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa radicans (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa ramosa (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa ranifera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa recurva R.Br. (1815)
Gomesa reducta (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa reichertii (L.C.Menezes & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa riograndensis (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa riviereana (Wibier) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa rupestris (Docha Neto) Lückel (2010)
Gomesa salesopolitana (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa sarcodes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa sellowii (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa sessilis Barb.Rodr. (1877)
Gomesa silvana (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa sincorana (Campacci & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa spiloptera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa uhlii (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa uniflora (Booth ex Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa varicosa (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa velteniana (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa venusta (Drapiez) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa viperina (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa warmingii (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa welteri (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa widgrenii (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa williamsii (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)
Gomesa zappii (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)

Natural Hybrids

Gomesa × amicta (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009) = (Gomes lietzei × Gomesa sarcodes)
Gomesa × colnagoi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009) = (Gomesa forbesii × Gomesa zappii)
Gomesa × lita (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009) = (Gomes forbesii × Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani)
Gomesa × scullyi (Pabst & A.F.Mello) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009) = (Gomes gardneri × Gomesa gravesiana)
Gomesa × terassaniana (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw (2011) = (Gomes blanchetii × Gomesa sarcodes)