Galeandra

Galeandra
Galeandra styllomisantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Catasetinae
Genus:	Galeandra Lindl.
Type species
Galeandra baueri Lindl.
Synonyms
Corydandra Rchb. Tupacamaria Archila

Galeandra, abbreviated as Gal in horticultural trade, is a genus of about 40 species of orchids native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and Florida.

Species

As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 41 species:

• Galeandra arundinis Garay & G.A.Romero
• Galeandra badia Garay & G.A.Romero
• Galeandra batemanii Rolfe
• Galeandra baueri Lindl.
• Galeandra beyrichii Rchb.f.
• Galeandra bicarinata G.A.Romero & P.M.Br.
• Galeandra biloba Garay
• Galeandra blanchetii E.S.Rand
• Galeandra blattiodora G.A.Romero & C.Gómez
• Galeandra camptoceras Schltr.
• Galeandra carnevaliana G.A.Romero & Warford
• Galeandra claesii Cogn.
• Galeandra curvifolia Barb.Rodr.
• Galeandra devoniana R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl.
• Galeandra dives Rchb.f. & Warsz.
• Galeandra duidensis Garay & G.A.Romero
• Galeandra graminoides Barb.Rodr.
• Galeandra greenwoodiana Warford
• Galeandra harveyana Rchb.f.
• Galeandra huebneri Schltr.
• Galeandra hysterantha Barb.Rodr.
• Galeandra junceaoides Barb.Rodr.
• Galeandra lacustris Barb.Rodr.
• Galeandra lagoensis Rchb.f. & Warm.
• Galeandra leptoceras Schltr.
• Galeandra levyae Garay
• Galeandra macroplectra G.A.Romero & Warford
• Galeandra magnicolumna G.A.Romero & Warford
• Galeandra minax Rchb.f.
• Galeandra montana Barb.Rodr.
• Galeandra multifoliata Walth.Zimm.
• Galeandra nivalis Mast.
• Galeandra paraguayensis Cogn.
• Galeandra pilosocolumna (C.Schweinf.) D.E.Benn. & Christenson
• Galeandra santarena S.H.N.Monteiro & J.B.F.Silva
• Galeandra schmidtii V.P.Castro
• Galeandra schunkii V.P.Castro & Chiron
• Galeandra sobralioides Archila & Chiron
• Galeandra stangeana Rchb.f.
• Galeandra styllomisantha (Vell.) Hoehne
• Galeandra xerophila Hoehne

References

• Lindley, J. (1832) Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants sub pl. 8.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W., and Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2009) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2): Epidendroideae, 29 ff. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

External links

• Media related to Galeandra at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Galeandra at Wikispecies