Gavilea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands), Argentina and the Falkland Islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Species The genus Gavilea contains the following known species: Gavilea araucana (Phil.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina Gavilea australis (Skottsb.) M.N.Correa - Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego Gavilea cardioglossa (Reiche) Martic. - Chile Gavilea gladysiae Chemisquy - Chile, Argentina Gavilea glandulifera (Poepp. & Endl.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina Gavilea insularis M.N.Correa - Juan Fernández Islands Gavilea kingii (Hook.f.) M.N.Correa - southern Chile Gavilea litoralis (Phil.) M.N.Correa - southern Chile, southern Argentina, Falkland Islands Gavilea longibracteata (Lindl.) Sparre ex L.E.Navas - Chile Gavilea lutea (Comm. ex Pers.) M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina Gavilea odoratissima Poepp. - Chile, Argentina Gavilea platyantha (Rchb.f.) Ormerod - Chile, Argentina Gavilea supralabellata M.N.Correa - Chile, Argentina Gavilea trullata Ormerod - Chile, Argentina Gavilea venosa (Lam.) Garay & Ormerod - Chile Gavilea wittei (Hicken) Ormerod - Chile, Argentina
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
References
(1833) Fragmentum Synopseos Plantarum Phanerogamum 18. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 10 ff, Oxford University Press. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart (2009). Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Gavilea (Orchidaceae, Chloraeinae), con especial énfasis en las especies Chilenas. Darwiniana 47: 315–320.
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