Plectrophora

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Plectophora_iridifolia_3.jpg

| image_caption = Plectophora iridifolia

| image2 = Plectrophora_cultrifolia_1.jpg

| image2_caption = Plectrophora cultrifolia

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| taxon = Plectrophora

| authority = H.Focke

| type_species = Plectrophora iridifolia

| type_species_authority = (Lodd. ex Lindl.) H.Focke

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Jansenia Barb.Rodr.

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Plectrophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Focke, Hendrik Charles. 1848. Tijdschrift voor de Wisen Natuurkundige Wetenschappen 1: 212 It is native to Central and South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=158910 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Species accepted as of June 2014:

1. Plectrophora alata (Rolfe) Garay - Chiapas, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
2. Plectrophora calcarhamata Hoehne - Matto Grosso
3. Plectrophora cultrifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - French Guinea, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
4. Plectrophora edwallii Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Goiás
5. Plectrophora iridifolia (Lodd. ex Lindl.) H.Focke - the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil
6. Plectrophora schmidtii Jenny & Pupulin - Matto Grosso
7. Plectrophora suarezii Dodson & M.W.Chase - Ecuador
8. Plectrophora triquetra (Rolfe) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Ecuador, Peru
9. Plectrophora tucanderana Dodson & R.Vásquez - Bolivia
10. Plectrophora zarumensis Dodson & P.M.Dodson - Ecuador