''Crossoglossa'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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. It contains 26 currently recognized species native to
Central America
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#'' Crossoglossa acuminatissima'' Nog.-Sav. & Carnevali - Colombia
#'' Crossoglossa aurantilineata'' Pupulin - Costa Rica
#'' Crossoglossa barfodii'' Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa bifida'' Dressler - Panama
#'' Crossoglossa blephariglottis'' (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica
#'' Crossoglossa boylei'' Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa caulescens'' (Lindl.) Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa dalessandroi'' (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa dalstroemii'' (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa dodsonii'' R.Vásquez - Bolivia
#'' Crossoglossa elliptica'' Dressler - Panama
#'' Crossoglossa eustachys'' (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica
#'' Crossoglossa exigua'' (Garay) Nog.-Sav. & G.A.Romero - Colombia
#'' Crossoglossa fratrum'' (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
#'' Crossoglossa hirtzii'' Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa kalbreyeriana'' (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz - Colombia
#'' Crossoglossa liparidoides'' (Finet) Dodson - Ecuador, Peru
#'' Crossoglossa longissima'' (Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz - Colombia
#'' Crossoglossa nanegalensis'' Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa neirynckiana'' Szlach. & Marg. - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa pichinchae'' (Schltr.) Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa polyblephara'' (Schltr.) Dodson - Colombia
#'' Crossoglossa sotoana'' Pupulin & Karremans - Costa Rica
#'' Crossoglossa steinii'' (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
#'' Crossoglossa tipuloides'' (Lindl.) Dodson - Colombia
#'' Crossoglossa topoensis'' (Mansf.) Dodson - Ecuador
See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' whi ...
References
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
* Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
Malaxideae genera
Malaxidinae
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