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Govenia
Govenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the orchid family Orchidaceae. The type species, Govenia superba, was transferred from Maxillaria superba and a genus name was given to commemorate J.R. Gowen, secretary of the Horticultural Society of London.
The species in this genus are terrestrial or sometimes epiphytic, and native to Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies and Florida. This genus has cormous, egg-shaped pseudobulbs and thin, plicate leaves that are always paired. According to the Royal Horticultural Society, Gov. is the official abbreviation for this genus.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gowen's Lily-like Orchid
speciesGovenia liliacea
Gowen's Superb Orchid
speciesGovenia superba
Govenia capitata
speciesGovenia capitata
Tropical Govenia
speciesGovenia utriculata
Govenia dressleriana
speciesGovenia dressleriana
Govenia lagenophora
speciesGovenia lagenophora
Govenia purpusii
speciesGovenia purpusii
Govenia sodiroi
speciesGovenia sodiroi
Govenia tingens
speciesGovenia tingens
Govenia fasciata
speciesGovenia fasciata
Govenia alba
speciesGovenia alba
Govenia mutica
speciesGovenia mutica
Govenia matudae
speciesGovenia matudae
Govenia vilcabambana
speciesGovenia vilcabambana
Govenia quadriplicata
speciesGovenia quadriplicata
Govenia tequilana
speciesGovenia tequilana
Govenia praecox
speciesGovenia praecox
Govenia bella
speciesGovenia bella
Govenia polychroma
speciesGovenia polychroma
Govenia greenwoodii
speciesGovenia greenwoodii
Govenia viaria
speciesGovenia viaria
Govenia rubellilabia
speciesGovenia rubellilabia
Govenia plowmanii
speciesGovenia plowmanii
Govenia jouyana
speciesGovenia jouyana
Govenia elliptica
speciesGovenia elliptica
Tropical Govenia
speciesGovenia floridana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 140604.