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''Chloraea'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family (biology), family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan plants that ...
. It contains 52 recognized species, native to
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
and to the
Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ...
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Species

# '' Chloraea alpina'' # '' Chloraea apinnula'' # '' Chloraea barbata'' # '' Chloraea bella'' # '' Chloraea bidentata'' # '' Chloraea biserialis'' # '' Chloraea bletioides'' # '' Chloraea boliviana'' # '' Chloraea calantha'' # '' Chloraea castillonii'' # '' Chloraea chica'' # '' Chloraea chrysantha'' # '' Chloraea cogniauxii'' # '' Chloraea crispa'' # '' Chloraea cristata'' # '' Chloraea cuneata'' # '' Chloraea curicana'' # '' Chloraea cylindrostachya'' # '' Chloraea deflexa'' # '' Chloraea densipapillosa'' # '' Chloraea disoides'' # '' Chloraea elegans'' # '' Chloraea fiebrigiana'' # '' Chloraea fonkii'' # '' Chloraea galeata'' # ''
Chloraea gavilu ''Chloraea'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 52 recognized species, native to South America and to the Falkland Islands. Species # '' Chloraea alpina'' # '' Chloraea apinnula'' # '' Chloraea ba ...
'' # '' Chloraea grandiflora'' # '' Chloraea heteroglossa'' # '' Chloraea lamellata'' # '' Chloraea laxiflora'' # '' Chloraea lechleri'' # '' Chloraea longipetala'' # '' Chloraea magellanica'' # '' Chloraea major'' # '' Chloraea membranacea'' # '' Chloraea multiflora'' # '' Chloraea multilineolata'' # '' Chloraea nudilabia'' # '' Chloraea philippii'' # '' Chloraea phoenicea'' # '' Chloraea piquichen'' # '' Chloraea praecincta'' # '' Chloraea prodigiosa'' # '' Chloraea reticulata'' # '' Chloraea septentrionalis'' # '' Chloraea speciosa'' # '' Chloraea subpandurata'' # '' Chloraea tectata'' # '' Chloraea undulata'' # '' Chloraea venosa'' # '' Chloraea viridiflora'' # '' Chloraea volkmannii''


See also

*
List of Orchidaceae genera This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' which ...


References

* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press * Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart Cranichideae genera Chloraeinae {{Orchidoideae-stub