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s from the orchid family,

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> #'' Crossoglossa acuminatissima'' Nog.-Sav. & Carnevali - Colombia #'' Crossoglossa aurantilineata'' Pupulin - Costa Rica #'' Crossoglossa barfodii'' Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa bifida'' Dressler - Panama #'' Crossoglossa blephariglottis'' (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica #'' Crossoglossa boylei'' Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa caulescens'' (Lindl.) Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa dalessandroi'' (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa dalstroemii'' (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa dodsonii'' R.Vásquez - Bolivia #'' Crossoglossa elliptica'' Dressler - Panama #'' Crossoglossa eustachys'' (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica #'' Crossoglossa exigua'' (Garay) Nog.-Sav. & G.A.Romero - Colombia #'' Crossoglossa fratrum'' (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua #'' Crossoglossa hirtzii'' Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa kalbreyeriana'' (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz - Colombia #'' Crossoglossa liparidoides'' (Finet) Dodson - Ecuador, Peru #'' Crossoglossa longissima'' (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz - Colombia #'' Crossoglossa nanegalensis'' Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa neirynckiana'' Szlach. & Marg. - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa pichinchae'' (Schltr.) Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa polyblephara'' (Schltr.) Dodson - Colombia #'' Crossoglossa sotoana'' Pupulin & Karremans - Costa Rica #'' Crossoglossa steinii'' (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador #'' Crossoglossa tipuloides'' (Lindl.) Dodson - Colombia #'' Crossoglossa topoensis'' (Mansf.) Dodson - Ecuador

References

* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press. * 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 Malaxideae genera Malaxidinae {{Epidendroideae-stub

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