''Mesadenella'' 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 consists of 7 known species, native to Mexico, Central America and South America:
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#'' Mesadenella angustisegmenta'' Garay - Venezuela, Ecuador
#'' Mesadenella atroviridis'' (Barb.Rodr.) Garay - Brazil
#''Mesadenella cuspidata
''Mesadenella'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 7 known species, native to Mexico, Central America and South America:
#'' Mesadenella angustisegmenta'' Garay - Venezuela, Ecuador
#'' Mesadenella ...
'' (Lindl.) Garay - from Colombia east to Guyana and south to Argentina
#'' Mesadenella meeae'' R.J.V.Alves - Brazil
#'' Mesadenella peruviana'' Garay - Peru
#'' Mesadenella tonduzii'' (Schltr.) Pabst & Garay - from southern Mexico south to Nicaragua; also Pará region of Brazil
#'' Mesadenella variegata'' D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
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
* (1953) Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 12: 207–208.
* (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 222 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
Spiranthinae
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