Embreea
{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
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| image = Embreea rodigasiana.jpg
| image_caption = Embreea rodigasiana
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| taxon = Embreea
| authority = Dodson
| type_species= Embreea rodigasiana
| type_species_authority = (Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson (1980)
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Embreea is a genus of orchids native to Colombia and Ecuador. The genus Embreea is abbreviated as Emb in horticultural trade. There at present (June 2014) two recognized species:[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=66863 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
- Embreea herrenhusana (Jenny) Jenny (2002) - Ecuador (syn Embreea rodigasiana var. herrenhusana Jenny (2001))
- Embreea rodigasiana (Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson (1980) - Colombia (syn Stanhopea rodigasiana Claes ex Cogn. (1897))
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