Frondaria Colombiana

''Frondaria'' is a genus of orchid native to western South America. The species ''Frondaria caulescens'' is found at high altitudes from central Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.

The genus includes three accepted species:

* ''Frondaria caulescens'' (Lindl.) Luer
* ''Frondaria colombiana'' Szlach., Kolan. & Rykacz.
* ''Frondaria graminea'' (Schltr.) Szlach., Kolan. & Rykacz.

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.

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Pleurothallidinae
Orchids of South America
Pleurothallidinae genera
Monotypic Epidendroideae genera