''Frondaria'' is a genus of
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
native to western South America.
The species ''Frondaria caulescens'' is found at high altitudes from central
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
,
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
,
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
and
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](_blank)
/ref> It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.
The genus includes three accepted species:
References
* (1986) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 29.
* (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 359 ff. Oxford University Press.
External links
*
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15975408, from2=Q3906103
Pleurothallidinae
Orchids of South America
Pleurothallidinae genera
Monotypic Epidendroideae genera