Govenia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Govenia']

перем коми: Говения
коми: Говения
кырык мары: Говени
удмурт: Говения
中文: 虾钳兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 虾钳兰属
中文（简体）: 虾钳兰属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Calypsoeae • Genus: Govenia Lindl. (1832)

Genus Govenia Lindl. (1832) edit

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Eucnemis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 161 (1833) Eucnemia Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 53 (1841)

29 Species edit

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 22 August 2021):
G. alba, G. bella, G. capitata, G. ciliilabia, G. dressleriana, G. elliptica, G. fasciata, G. floridana, G. gardneri, G. greenwoodii, G. jouyana, G. lagenophora, G. latifolia, G. liliacea, G. matudae, G. plowmanii, G. polychroma, G. praecox, G. purpusii, G. quadriplicata, G. renilabia, G. rubellilabia, G. sodiroi, G. superba, G. tequilana, G. tingens, G. utriculata, G. viaria, G. vilcabambana

Included species (for Tropicos, 22 August 2021):

G. alba, G. andrieuxii, G. barbata, G. bella, G. boliviensis, G. brevilabris, G. capitata, G. ciliilabia, G. deliciosa, G. dressleriana, G. elliptica, G. ernstii, G. fasciata, G. floridana, G. gardneri, G. greenwoodii, G. jouyana, G. lagenophora, G. latifolia, G. liliacea, G. limbata, G. malcox, G. matudae, G. mutica, G. pauciflora, G. platyglossa, G. plowmanii, G. polychroma, G. powellii, G. praecox, G. purpusii, G. quadriplicata, G. renilabia, G. rubellilabia, G. sodiroi, G. stictoglossa, G. sulphurea, G. superba, G. tequilana, G. tingens, G. trilineata, G. utriculata, G. viaria, G. vilcabambana
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Govenia superba (Lex.) Lindl. (1832)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Northern America
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Govenia.