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|accepted_name=Galeandra
|accepted_authority=Lindley in F. A. Bauer and J. Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in F. A. Bauer and J. Lindley, Ill. Orch. Pl.
|place=2: plate 8. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae;Galeandra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Galeandra]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin galea, helmet, and Greek - andrus, male, referring to shape of anther
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 494
|treatment_page=page 643
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial [epiphytic], cespitose. <b>Stems</b> reedlike or more often pseudobulbs. <b>Leaves</b> 1–2 [several], not articulate [articulate], plicate, absent [present] at flowering. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemes, erect [lightly arching to pendent]; floral bracts lanceolate, scarious. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate, showy; sepals and petals membranaceous; lip sessile, simple [obscurely 2–3-lobate], base with conspicuous spur adnate to column foot, margins tomentose [glabrous]; spur shortly conic [sometimes apically recurved, funnel-shaped]; disc basally 2[–4]-keeled; column lightly arcuate, shallowly winged, semiterete, produced into conspicuous foot; anther terminal, incumbent, operculate, imperfectly 2-locular; pollinia 2, yellow, nearly spheric, cartilaginous. <b>Fruits</b> capsules.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and semitropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 20–24 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=rolfe1892a
|text=Rolfe, R. A. 1892. The genus Galeandra. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 430–431.
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name=Galeandra
|author=Gustavo A. Romero-González
|authority=Lindley in F. A. Bauer and J. Lindley
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and semitropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=rolfe1892a
|publication title=in F. A. Bauer and J. Lindley, Ill. Orch. Pl.
|publication year=1832
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae
|genus=Galeandra
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