× ''Colmanara'', abbreviated ''Colm.'' in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus comprising

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Miltonia ''Miltonia'', abbreviated Milt. in the horticultural trade, is an orchid genus comprising twelve epiphyte species and eight natural hybrids. The miltonias are exclusively inhabitants of Brazil, except for one species whose range extends from Braz ...

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Odontoglossum ''Odontoglossum'', first named in 1816 by Karl Sigismund Kunth, is a genus of about 100 orchids. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''odon'' (tooth) and ''glossa'' (tongue), referring to the two tooth-like calluses on the base o ...

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Oncidium ''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across much ...

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(1859–1942), an English collector of orchids, and uses the suffix '' -ara'' used to form nothogenera of orchids. The nothogenus was established in 1936.× Colmanara – The International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=29101-1 In the current botanical classifications according to Genera Orchidacearum by Alec M. Pridgeon, Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, and Finn N. Rasmussen, ''Odontoglossum'' is merged into ''Oncidium'' and × ''Colmanara'' is considered to be the same as the nothogenus × ''Miltonidium''. The RHS Orchid register does not register × ''Colmanara'' anymore.

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Orchid nothogenera Oncidiinae Historically recognized angiosperm taxa {{Cymbidieae-stub