Gavilea

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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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=88914 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

{{aut|Poeppig, E.F.}} (1833) Fragmentum Synopseos Plantarum Phanerogamum 18.
{{aut|Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N.}} (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 10 ff, Oxford University Press.
{{aut|Berg Pana, H.}} 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
{{aut|Chemisquy, M.A.}} (2009). Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Gavilea (Orchidaceae, Chloraeinae), con especial énfasis en las especies Chilenas. Darwiniana 47: 315–320.