Gomesa

Gomesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Gomesa R.Br.
Synonyms
Coppensia Dumort Maturna Raf. Baptistonia Barb.Rodr. Ornithophora Barb.Rodr. Waluewa Regel Rodrigueziella Kuntze Binotia Rolfe Rodrigueziopsis Schltr. Hellerorchis A.D.Hawkes Alatiglossum Baptista Ampliglossum Campacci Anettea Szlach. & Mytnik Brasilidium Campacci Carenidium Baptista Carriella V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda Castroa Guiard Concocidium Romowicz & Szlach. Kleberiella V.P.Castro & Cath. Menezesiella Chiron & V.P.Castro Neoruschia Cath. & V.P.Castro Rhinocerotidium Szlach. Rhinocidium Baptista Nitidocidium F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues Campaccia Baptista, P.A.Harding & V.P.Castro Hardingia Docha Neto & Baptista

Gomesa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80-100 species, all native to South America.

Species include Gomesa radicans.

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Brown, R. (1815) Botanical Magazine 42: t. 1748.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 271 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Chase, M.W. et al (2009) Floral convergence in Oncidiinae (Cymbidieae; Orchidaceae): an expanded concept of Gomesa and a new genus Nohawilliamsia, Annals of Botany, 104 (3): 387-402.

External links

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