Embreea

Embreea
Embreea rodigasiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Maxillarieae
Subtribe:	Stanhopeinae
Genus:	Embreea Dodson
Type species
Embreea rodigasiana (Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson (1980)

Embreea is a genus of orchids native to Colombia and Ecuador. The genus Embreea is abbreviated as Emb in horticultural trade. There at present (June 2014) two recognized species:

• Embreea herrenhusana (Jenny) Jenny (2002) - Ecuador (syn Embreea rodigasiana var. herrenhusana Jenny (2001))
• Embreea rodigasiana (Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson (1980) - Colombia (syn Stanhopea rodigasiana Claes ex Cogn. (1897))

External links

• Media related to Embreea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Embreea at Wikispecies