Goudaea

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Goudaea chrysostachys kz02.jpg

|image_caption = Goudaea chrysostachys

|taxon = Goudaea

|authority = W.Till & Barfuss

|type_species =Goudaea chrysostachys

}}

Goudaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.{{cite web |title=Goudaea W.Till & Barfuss {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77158967-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is Trinidad, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru.

The genus name of Goudaea is in honour of Eric Gouda (b. 1957), Dutch botanist; specialist in Bromeliaceae.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 51 in 2016.

Known species, according to Kew:

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Image	Scientific name	Distribution
120px	Goudaea chrysostachys {{small|(É.Morren) W.Till & Barfuss}}	Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago
120px	Goudaea ospinae {{small|(H.Luther) W.Till & Barfuss}}	Colombia