Govenia

Taxobox
name = Govenia

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image_caption = "Govenia capitata"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Orchidales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Cymbidieae
genus = "Govenia"
genus_authority = Lindl., 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
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"Govenia" Lindl. 1832, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The type species, Govenia superba, was transferred from Maxillaria superba and a genus name was given to commemorate J.R. Goven, a horticulturist & orchid collector from England who collected throughout Central Mexico.

The species in this genus are terrestrial or sometimes epiphytic and native to North, Central and South America. 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.

pecies

*"Govenia acreana" 2000
*"Govenia alba" A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845
*"Govenia barbata" Poepp. & Endl. 1837-1838
*"Govenia bella" E.W. Greenw. 1987 (Oaxaca, Mexico)
*"Govenia ciliilabia" Ames & C. Schweinf. 1930 (Costa Rica; El Salvador; Panama)
*"Govenia dressleriana" E.W. Greenw. 1993 (El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
*"Govenia elliptica" S. Watson 1891 (Mexico)
*"Govenia fasciata" Lindl. 1843
*"Govenia floridana" P.M. Br. 2000
*"Govenia greenwoodii" Dressler & Soto Arenas 2003 (Honduras)
*"Govenia jouyana" R. González 1983
*"Govenia lagenophora" Lindl. 1839 (El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
*"Govenia latifolia" (Kunth) Garay & G.A.Romero 1999
*"Govenia liliaceae" (Lex.) Lindl. 1835 (Mexico; Central America)
**"Govenia liliacea" var. "purpusii" (Schltr.) L.O. Williams 1939 (Mexico)
*"Govenia malcox" Salazar & E.W. Greenw.
*"Govenia matudae" E.W.Greenw. & Soto Arenas 2002
*"Govenia praecox" Salazar & E.W. Greenw. 1993 (Veracruz, Mexico)
*"Govenia purpusii" Schltr. 1918
*"Govenia quadriplicata" Rchb. f. 1866
*"Govenia sodiroi" Schltr. 1921 (Ecuador)
*"Govenia superba" (La Llave & Lex.) Lindl. ex Lodd. 1831 : type species (El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
**"Govenia superba" var. "elliptica" (S. Watson) Correll 1891
**"Govenia superba" var. "superba"
*"Govenia tequilana" Dressler & Hágsater 1973 (Mexico)
*"Govenia tingens" Poepp. & Endl. 1837-1838 (Ecuador; Peru)
*"Govenia utriculata" (Sw.) Lindl. 1839 (Bolivia; Ecuador; Argentina)
**"Govenia utriculata" var. "lagenophora" (Lindl.) Griseb.
**"Govenia utriculata" var. "utriculata"
*"Govenia viaria" Dressler 2002
*"Govenia vilcabambana" Dodson 1994 (Ecuador)

References

* [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Missouri Botanical Garden w³ TROPICOS]
* [http://www.kew.org/monocotChecklist/ The World Checklist of Monocotyledons]

External links

* [http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registration_orchids.asp Royal Horticultural Society: Registration of Orchids]
* [http://www.mobot.org/ Missouri Botanical Garden]