View source for Galeandra ← Galeandra You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Galeandra |accepted_authority=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 }}<!-- --><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><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and semitropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America. |discussion=<p>Species 20–24 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=rolfe1892a |text=Rolfe, R. A. 1892. The genus Galeandra. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 430–431. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Galeandra |author=Gustavo A. Romero-González |authority=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= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1322.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae |subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae |genus=Galeandra }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Orchidaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Galeandra.