- Acropera
:"Acropera Lindl. is a synonym of
Gongora itself."Taxobox
name = Orchid subgenus "Acopera"
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Gongora armeniaca"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Orchidaceae
subfamilia =Epidendroideae
tribus = Maxillarieae
subtribus =Stanhopeinae
genus = Gongora
subgenus = "Acopera"
section = "Acopera"
genus_authority = Ruiz & Pav.
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = See text.Acopera is subgenus within
Gongora .According to Rod Rice in "Infragen. Rev. Gen. Gongora" (2002, 2003) the genus "Gongora" can be classified into subgenera and sections as follows:
Subgenus Gongora
*Section Aceras with four species
*Section Gongora with about 30-33 species [G. atropurpurea, G. catilligera, G. latisepala, G. odoratissima, G. rufescens]
*Section Gratulabunda with four species
*Section Grossa with five species
*Section Truncata with nine species [G. charontis, G. dressleri,G. longipes, G. tracyana] Subgenus Portentosa
*one section with at least five species [G. escobariana, G. garayana, G. portentosa, G. sanderiana] Subgenus Acropera
*Section Acropera with one species
*Section Armeniaca with two species and one to two subspecies
*Section Cassidea with four species [G. amparoana, G. cassidea, G. galeata, G. tridentata]Relatives: The Subtribe Stanhopeinae
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Acineta
*Archivea
*Braemia
*Cirrhaea
*Coeliopsis
*Coryanthes
*Embreea
*Endresiella see Trevoria
*Gongora
**Subgenus "Acropera"
*Horichia
*Houlletia
*Jennyella
*Kegeliella
*Lacaena
*Lueddemannia
*Lycomormium
*Paphinia
*Peristeria
*Polycycnis
*Schlimia
*Sievekingia
*Soterosanthus
*Stanhopea
*Stanhopeastrum
*Trevoria
*Vasqueziella
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