Gomesa

Gomesa
	Gomesa crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Gomesa; R.Br.
Synonyms
	Coppensia Dumort; Maturna Raf.; Baptistonia Barb.Rodr.; Ornithophora Barb.Rodr.; Waluewa Regel; Rodrigueziella Kuntze; Binotia Rolfe; Rodrigueziopsis Schltr.; Hellerorchis A.D.Hawkes; Alatiglossum Baptista; Ampliglossum Campacci; Anettea Szlach. & Mytnik; Brasilidium Campacci; Carenidium Baptista; Carriella V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda; Castroa Guiard; Concocidium Romowicz & Szlach.; Kleberiella V.P.Castro & Cath.; Menezesiella Chiron & V.P.Castro; Neoruschia Cath. & V.P.Castro; Rhinocerotidium Szlach.; Rhinocidium Baptista; Nitidocidium F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues; Campaccia Baptista, P.A.Harding & V.P.Castro; Hardingia Docha Neto & Baptista;

Gomesa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to South America.^[1] The genus is abbreviated as Gom.^[2]

Species

This genus contains many species that were previously assigned to Oncidium.

As of October 2025^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted 127 species and 8 hybrids:^[3]

Gomesa adamantina (Marçal & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa albinoi (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa alpina Porsch
Gomesa alvesiana (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa barbaceniae (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa barbata (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa barkeri (Hook.) Rolfe
Gomesa bicolor (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa bicornuta (Hook.) Meneguzzo
Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa blahae J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa blanchetii (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa bohnkiana (V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa brasiliensis (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa brieniana (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa caatingana J.M.P.Cordeiro, L.P.Félix & M.W.Chase
Gomesa caldensis (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa calimaniana (Guiard) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa calimaniorum (V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa carlosregentii Lückel
Gomesa chapadensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa chrysoptera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa chrysopterantha (Lückel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa ciliata (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa cogniauxiana (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa colorata (Königer & J.G.Weinm.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa concolor (Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa cornigera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa crispa (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.
Gomesa croesus (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa culuenensis (Docha Neto & Benelli) Lückel
Gomesa cuneata (Scheidw.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa dasytyle (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa deuteroregentii J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa diamantinensis (V.P.Castro) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa discifera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa divaricata Hoffmanns.
Gomesa doeringii (Hoehne) Pabst
Gomesa doniana (Bateman ex W.H.Baxter) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa duseniana Kraenzl.
Gomesa echinata (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa edmundoi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa eleutherosepala (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa emiliana H.Barbosa
Gomesa emilii (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa fischeri Regel
Gomesa flexuosa (G.Lodd.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa florida (Vell.) Meneguzzo
Gomesa foliosa (Hook.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.
Gomesa forbesii (Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa fuscans (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa fuscopetala (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa gardneri (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa glaziovii Cogn.
Gomesa gomezoides (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst
Gomesa gracilis (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa gravesiana (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa gutfreundiana (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa handroi (Hoehne) Pabst
Gomesa herzogii (Schltr.) Lückel
Gomesa hookeri (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa hydrophila (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa insignis (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa itapetingensis (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa jucunda (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa kautskyi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa kleinii Szlach., Chiron & Kolan.
Gomesa leinigii (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa lietzei (Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa loefgrenii (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa longipes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa macropetala (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa maculosa (Lindl.) Meneguzzo
Gomesa majevskyae (Toscano & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa mantiqueirensis (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa marshalliana (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa martiana (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa messmeriana (Campacci) Laitano
Gomesa meyerae (V.P.Castro & P.Blaha) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa microphyta (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa micropogon (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa neoparanaensis M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa nitida (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa novaesiae (Ruschi) Fraga & A.P.Fontana
Gomesa ottonis (Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw & M.Giannak.
Gomesa ouricanensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa pabstii (Campacci & C.Espejo) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa paranaensis Kraenzl.
Gomesa paranapiacabensis (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa paranensoides M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa pardoglossa (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa pectoralis (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa petropolitana (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa planifolia (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.
Gomesa polyodonta (Kraenzl.) Meneguzzo
Gomesa praetexta (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa pubes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa pulchella (Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa radicans (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa ramosa (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa ranifera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa recurva R.Br.
Gomesa reducta (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa reichertii (L.C.Menezes & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa riograndensis (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa riviereana (Wibier) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa rupestris (Docha Neto) Lückel
Gomesa salesopolitana (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa sarcodes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa sellowii (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa sessilis Barb.Rodr.
Gomesa silvana (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa sincorana (Campacci & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa tapiraiensis (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa ternata (Vell.) Campacci
Gomesa uhlii (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa uniflora (Booth ex Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa varicosa (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa vasconcelosiana (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa velteniana (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa venusta (Drapiez) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa viperina (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa warmingii (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa welteri (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa widgrenii (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Gomesa williamsii (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Natural hybrids

Gomesa × amicta (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams = Gomes lietzei × Gomesa sarcodes
Gomesa × colnagoi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams = Gomesa forbesii × Gomesa zappii
Gomesa × francacesari (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa × lita (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams = Gomes forbesii × Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani
Gomesa × roczonii (Leinig) Meneguzzo
Gomesa × scullyi (Pabst & A.F.Mello) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams = Gomes gardneri × Gomesa gravesiana
Gomesa × stanleyi (Rolfe) J.M.H.Shaw
Gomesa × terassaniana (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw = Gomes blanchetii × Gomesa sarcodes

References

1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.
↑ Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, Royal Horticultural Society, 2017
↑ "Gomesa R.Br." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-10-28.

Brown, R. (1815) Botanical Magazine 42: t. 1748.
Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 271 ff. Oxford University Press.
Chase, M.W. et al (2009) Floral convergence in Oncidiinae (Cymbidieae; Orchidaceae): an expanded concept of Gomesa and a new genus Nohawilliamsia, Annals of Botany, 104 (3): 387–402.

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[ortia-1] 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.

[2] Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, Royal Horticultural Society, 2017

[POWO_29566-1-3] "Gomesa R.Br." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-10-28.

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Gomesa

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Gomesa

Gomesa crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Gomesa R.Br.
Synonyms^[1]
Coppensia Dumort Maturna Raf. Baptistonia Barb.Rodr. Ornithophora Barb.Rodr. Waluewa Regel Rodrigueziella Kuntze Binotia Rolfe Rodrigueziopsis Schltr. Hellerorchis A.D.Hawkes Alatiglossum Baptista Ampliglossum Campacci Anettea Szlach. & Mytnik Brasilidium Campacci Carenidium Baptista Carriella V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda Castroa Guiard Concocidium Romowicz & Szlach. Kleberiella V.P.Castro & Cath. Menezesiella Chiron & V.P.Castro Neoruschia Cath. & V.P.Castro Rhinocerotidium Szlach. Rhinocidium Baptista Nitidocidium F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues Campaccia Baptista, P.A.Harding & V.P.Castro Hardingia Docha Neto & Baptista