''Gavilea'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
. It is native to
Chile
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(including the
Juan Fernández Islands
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),
Argentina
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and the
Falkland Islands
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.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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#'' Gavilea araucana'' (Phil.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea australis'' (Skottsb.) M.N.Correa - Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
#'' Gavilea cardioglossa'' (Reiche) Martic. - Chile
#'' Gavilea gladysiae'' Chemisquy - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea glandulifera'' (Poepp. & Endl.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea insularis'' M.N.Correa - Juan Fernández Islands
#'' Gavilea kingii'' (Hook.f.) M.N.Correa - southern Chile
#'' Gavilea litoralis'' (Phil.) M.N.Correa - southern Chile, southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
#'' Gavilea longibracteata'' (Lindl.) Sparre ex L.E.Navas - Chile
#'' Gavilea lutea'' (Comm. ex Pers.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea odoratissima'' Poepp. - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea platyantha'' (Rchb.f.) Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea supralabellata'' M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea trullata'' Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
#'' Gavilea venosa'' (Lam.) Garay & Ormerod - Chile
#'' Gavilea wittei'' (Hicken) Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
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
* (1833) Fragmentum Synopseos Plantarum Phanerogamum 18.
* (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 10 ff, Oxford University Press.
* 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
* (2009). Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Gavilea (Orchidaceae, Chloraeinae), con especial énfasis en las especies Chilenas. Darwiniana 47: 315–320.
External links
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Cranichideae genera
Chloraeinae
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