''Gomphichis'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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, native to
Costa Rica
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and northern
South America
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.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Species:
#'' Gomphichis adnata'' (Ridl.) Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis alba'' F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.
#'' Gomphichis altissima'' Renz
#'' Gomphichis bogotensis'' Renz
#'' Gomphichis brachystachys'' Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis caucana'' Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis cladotricha'' Renz
#'' Gomphichis crassilabia'' Garay
#'' Gomphichis cundinamarcae'' Renz
#'' Gomphichis goodyeroides'' Lindl.
#'' Gomphichis gracilis'' Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis hetaerioides'' Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis koehleri'' Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis lancipetala'' Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis longifolia'' (Rolfe) Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis longiscapa'' (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis macbridei'' C.Schweinf.
#'' Gomphichis plantaginea'' Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis plantaginifolia'' C.Schweinf.
#'' Gomphichis scaposa'' Schltr.
#'' Gomphichis steyermarkii'' Foldats
#'' Gomphichis traceyae'' Rolfe
#'' Gomphichis valida'' Rchb.f
#'' Gomphichis viscosa'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
References
* (1840) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 446.
* (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 37 ff. Oxford University Press.
* 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
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Cranichideae genera
Cranichidinae
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