''Gavilea'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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. It is native to
Chile
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(including the
Juan Fernández Islands
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),
Argentina
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and the
Falkland Islands
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.
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Species
The genus ''Gavilea'' contains the following known species:
#'' Gavilea araucana'' (Phil.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea australis'' (Skottsb.) M.N.Correa - Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
#'' Gavilea cardioglossa'' (Reiche) Martic. - Chile
#'' Gavilea gladysiae'' Chemisquy - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea glandulifera'' (Poepp. & Endl.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
#''Gavilea insularis
''Gavilea'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands), Argentina and the Falkland Islands.
Species
The genus ''Gavilea'' contains the following known speci ...
'' M.N.Correa - Juan Fernández Islands
#'' Gavilea kingii'' (Hook.f.) M.N.Correa - southern Chile
#'' Gavilea litoralis'' (Phil.) M.N.Correa - southern Chile, southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
#'' Gavilea longibracteata'' (Lindl.) Sparre ex L.E.Navas - Chile
#'' Gavilea lutea'' (Comm. ex Pers.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea odoratissima'' Poepp. - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea platyantha'' (Rchb.f.) Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea supralabellata'' M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea trullata'' Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea venosa'' (Lam.) Garay & Ormerod - Chile
#'' Gavilea wittei'' (Hicken) Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
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
* (1833) Fragmentum Synopseos Plantarum Phanerogamum 18.
* (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 10 ff, Oxford University Press.
* 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
* (2009). Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Gavilea (Orchidaceae, Chloraeinae), con especial énfasis en las especies Chilenas. Darwiniana 47: 315–320.
External links
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Cranichideae genera
Chloraeinae
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