''Ligeophila'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
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 widespread across much of
Latin America
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from southern
Mexico
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to northern
Argentina
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.
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#''Ligeophila amazonica
''Ligeophila'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
#'' Ligeophila amazonica'' Garay - Venezuela
#'' Ligeophila bicornuta'' ...
'' Garay - Venezuela
#''Ligeophila bicornuta
''Ligeophila'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
#''Ligeophila amazonica'' Garay - Venezuela
#'' Ligeophila bicornuta'' ...
'' (Cogn.) Garay - Brazil
#'' Ligeophila clavigera'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - from southern Mexico to central Brazil
#'' Ligeophila gavilanensis'' Ormerod & G.A.Romero - Venezuela
#'' Ligeophila jamesonii'' Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
#'' Ligeophila juruenensis'' (Hoehne) Garay - from Venezuela and Suriname south to Argentina
#'' Ligeophila lutea'' Garay - Ecuador
#'' Ligeophila macarenae'' Ormerod - Colombia
#''Ligeophila rosea
''Ligeophila'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
#''Ligeophila amazonica'' Garay - Venezuela
#''Ligeophila bicornuta'' ( ...
'' (Lindl.) Garay - from Colombia south to Argentina
#''Ligeophila stigmatoptera
''Ligeophila'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
#''Ligeophila amazonica'' Garay - Venezuela
#''Ligeophila bicornuta'' ( ...
'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil BZN
#''Ligeophila umbraticola
''Ligeophila'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
#''Ligeophila amazonica'' Garay - Venezuela
#''Ligeophila bicornuta'' ( ...
'' Garay - - Colombia, Brazil, Peru
#''Ligeophila unicornis
''Ligeophila'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
#''Ligeophila amazonica'' Garay - Venezuela
#''Ligeophila bicornuta'' ( ...
'' Ormerod - Venezuela
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
* (1977) Bradea, Boletim do Herbarium Bradeanum 2(28): 194–196, f. 1C, 2A.
* (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 114 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
Goodyerinae
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