''Lueddemannia'' is a
genus
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of
orchid
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s found from
Venezuela
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to
Peru
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. Three
species
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are currently recognized as of June 2014:
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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*'' Lueddemannia dalessandroi'' (Dodson) G.Gerlach & M.H.Weber - Ecuador
*'' Lueddemannia pescatorei'' (Lindl.) Linden & Rchb.f. - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
*'' Lueddemannia striata'' G.Gerlach & M.H.Weber - Peru
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Orchids of South America
Stanhopeinae genera
Stanhopeinae
Taxa named by Jean Jules Linden
Taxa named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach
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