''Teagueia'' is a
genus
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of
orchid
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s. They are found at high altitudes in the
Andes
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in
Colombia
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,
Peru
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and
Ecuador
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.
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/ref>[Luer, C. A. 1991. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–VIII. Systematics of ''Lepanthopsis'', ''Octomeria'' subgenus ''Pleurothallopsis, Restrepiella, Restrepiopsis, Salpistele,'' and ''Teagueia''. Addenda to ''Platystele, Porroglossum'', and ''Scaphosepalum''. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 39: 1–161.]
Species accepted as of June 2014:
References
Orchids of South America
Pleurothallidinae
Pleurothallidinae genera
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