Macradenia Explained

Macradenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Latin America, the West Indies and Florida.^{[1] [2] [3]}

1. Macradenia amazonica Mansf. - Brazil
2. Macradenia brassavolae Rchb.f. - southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
3. Macradenia delicatula Barb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais
4. Macradenia loxoglottis Focke ex Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Suriname
5. Macradenia lutescens R.Br. - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
6. Macradenia multiflora (Kraenzl.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil, Paraguay
7. Macradenia paraensis Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Paraguay
8. Macradenia paulensis Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil
9. Macradenia purpureorostrata G.Gerlach - Colombia, Venezuela
10. Macradenia regnellii Barb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais
11. Macradenia rubescens Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Venezuela
12. Macradenia tridentata C.Schweinf. - Peru

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=116920 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=119290 Flora of north America v 26 p 647, Macradenia R. Brown, Bot. Reg. 8: plate 612. 1822.
3. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 290 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.