Macradenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Latin America, the West Indies and Florida.[1][2][3]
- Macradenia amazonica Mansf. - Brazil
- Macradenia brassavolae Rchb.f. - southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
- Macradenia delicatula Barb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais
- Macradenia loxoglottis Focke ex Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Suriname
- Macradenia lutescens R.Br. - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
- Macradenia multiflora (Kraenzl.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil, Paraguay
- Macradenia paraensis Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Paraguay
- Macradenia paulensis Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil
- Macradenia purpureorostrata G.Gerlach - Colombia, Venezuela
- Macradenia regnellii Barb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais
- Macradenia rubescens Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Venezuela
- Macradenia tridentata C.Schweinf. - Peru
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Oncidiinae |
| Genus: | Macradenia R.Br. |
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See also
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edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of north America v 26 p 647, Macradenia R. Brown, Bot. Reg. 8: plate 612. 1822.
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 290 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
External links
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