''Madisonia'',
synonym
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''Sansonia'', is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the family
Orchid
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aceae, native to
Jamaica
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,
Trinidad and Tobago
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, and tropical South America.
[ The genus was established by Carlyle A. Luer in 2004.][
]
Species
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History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted the following species:[
*'' Madisonia articulata'' (Lindl.) Toscano & E.C.Smidt
*'' Madisonia bradei'' (Schltr.) Toscano & E.C.Smidt
*'']Madisonia brasilica
''Madisonia'', synonym ''Sansonia'', is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae, native to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and tropical South America. The genus was established by Carlyle A. Luer in 2004.
Species
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'' (Luer & Toscano) Toscano & E.C.Smidt
*'' Madisonia carrisii'' (Brade) Toscano & E.C.Smidt
*'' Madisonia gomesii-ferreirae'' (Pabst) Toscano & E.C.Smidt
*'' Madisonia ianthina'' (E.M.Pessoa & F.Barros) Toscano & E.C.Smidt
*''Madisonia kerrii
''Madisonia'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Sansonia'', is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae, native to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and tropical South America. The genus was established by Carlyle A. Luer in 2004.
Species ...
'' (Braga) Luer
*''Madisonia spiculifera
''Madisonia'', synonym ''Sansonia'', is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae, native to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and tropical South America. The genus was established by Carlyle A. Luer in 2004.
Species
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'' (Lindl.) Toscano & E.C.Smidt
*''Madisonia vandenbergii
''Madisonia'', synonym ''Sansonia'', is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae, native to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and tropical South America. The genus was established by Carlyle A. Luer in 2004.
Species
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'' (Chiron) Toscano & E.C.Smidt
References
Pleurothallidinae
Pleurothallidinae genera
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