Eltroplectris

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| name = Long-claw orchid

| image = Eltroplectris schlechteriana.jpg

| image_caption = Eltroplectris schlechteriana

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| taxon = Eltroplectris

| authority = Raf.

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| synonyms = Centrogenium Schltr.

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Eltroplectris, the long-claw orchid, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, the West Indies, and Florida.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=66823 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ELCA18 US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Eltroplectris calcarata ][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101575 Flora of North America v 26 p 524, Eltroplectris calcarata ]

1. Eltroplectris assumpcaoana Campacci & Kautsky - Brazil
2. Eltroplectris brachycentron Szlach. -Bolivia
3. Eltroplectris calcarata (Sw.) Garay & H.R.Sweet - Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
4. Eltroplectris cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil
5. Eltroplectris dalessandroi Dodson - Ecuador
6. Eltroplectris janeirensis (Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil
7. Eltroplectris kuhlmanniana (Hoehne) Szlach. & Rutk. in P.Rutkowski, D.L.Szlachetko & M.Górniak - Brazil
8. Eltroplectris longicornu (Cogn.) Pabst - Brazil
9. Eltroplectris macrophylla (Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil
10. Eltroplectris misera (Kraenzl.) Szlach. - Brazil
11. Eltroplectris rossii Dodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador
12. Eltroplectris schlechteriana (Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
13. Eltroplectris triloba (Lindl.) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay