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Govenia

Govenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the orchid family Orchidaceae. The type species, Govenia superba, was transferred from Maxillaria superba and a genus name was given to commemorate J.R. Gowen, secretary of the Horticultural Society of London.

The species in this genus are terrestrial or sometimes epiphytic, and native to Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies and Florida. This genus has cormous, egg-shaped pseudobulbs and thin, plicate leaves that are always paired. According to the Royal Horticultural Society, Gov. is the official abbreviation for this genus.

Species

The following species are recognized as of June 2014:

  1. Govenia alba <small>A. Rich. & Galeotti</small> 1845
  2. Govenia bella <small>E.W. Greenw.</small> 1987 (Oaxaca, Mexico)
  3. Govenia ciliilabia <small>Ames & C. Schweinf.</small> 1930 (Costa Rica; El Salvador; Panama)
  4. Govenia dressleriana <small>E.W. Greenw.</small> 1993 (El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
  5. Govenia elliptica <small>S. Watson</small> 1891 (Mexico)
  6. Govenia fasciata <small>Lindl. 1</small>843 (Venezuela)
  7. Govenia floridana <small>P.M. Br.</small> 2000 (Florida; extinct)
  8. Govenia greenwoodii <small>Dressler & Soto Arenas</small> 2003 (Honduras)
  9. Govenia jouyana <small>R. González</small> 1983
  10. Govenia lagenophora <small>Lindl.</small> 1839 (El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
  11. Govenia latifolia <small>(Kunth) Garay & G.A.Romero</small> 1999
  12. Govenia liliacea <small>(Lex.) Lindl.</small> 1835 (Mexico; Central America)
  13. Govenia matudae <small>E.W.Greenw. & Soto Arenas</small> 2002
  14. Govenia praecox <small>Salazar & E.W. Greenw.</small> 1993 (Veracruz, Mexico)
  15. Govenia purpusii <small>Schltr.</small> 1918
  16. Govenia quadriplicata <small>Rchb. f.</small> 1866
  17. Govenia rubellilabia <small>García-Cruz</small> 2006
  18. Govenia sodiroi <small>Schltr.</small> 1921 (Ecuador)
  19. Govenia superba <small>(La Llave & Lex.) Lindl. ex Lodd.</small> 1831 : El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
  20. Govenia tequilana <small>Dressler & Hágsater</small> 1973 (Mexico)
  21. Govenia tingens <small>Poepp. & Endl.</small> 1837-1838 (Ecuador; Peru)
  22. Govenia utriculata <small>(Sw.) Lindl.</small> 1839 (Bolivia; Ecuador; Argentina)
  23. Govenia viaria <small>Dressler</small> 2002
  24. Govenia vilcabambana <small>Dodson</small> 1994 (Ecuador)

References

  • (1853) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 153.
  • (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 103 ff. Oxford University Press.

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