Gavilea

Gavilea venosa
Typus of Gavilea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Chloraeeae
Genus: Gavilea

Overview of species (17)

G. araucana – G. australis – G. cardioglossa – G. chica – G. gladysiae – G. glandulifera – G. insularis – G. kingii – G. litoralis – G. longibracteata – G. lutea – G. odoratissima – G. platyantha – G. supralabellata – G. trullata – G. venosa – G. wittei

Name

Gavilea Poepp., Fragm. Syn. Pl.: 18 (1833)

• Type species: Gavilea venosa (Lam.) Garay & Ormerod, Oasis 2(2): 7 (2002)
  • Lectotype:  Gavilea leucantha Poepp., Fragm. Syn. Pl.: 18 (1833), nom. superfl. - designated by M.N. Corrêa, Fl. Patagónica, 8 (2): 191 (1969) and Gen. Orch., 3: 10 (2003)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Juan Fernández Islands. Antartic Subantarctic Islands Falkland Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Poeppig, E.F. (1833) Fragmentum Synopseos Plantarum Phanerogamum 18.

Additional references

• Chemisquy, M.A. (2009) Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Gavilea (Orchidaceae, Chloraeinae), con especial énfasis en las especies Chilenas. Darwiniana 47: 315–320.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 10 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gavilea. Accessed: 2023 Jul 5.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Gavilea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 5. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Gavilea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 5. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 30006575-2. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Gavilea. Accessed: 5 Jul 2023 30006575-2.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gavilea. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jul 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Gavilea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jul 2023.

Vernacular names

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