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|accepted_name=Galeandra
|accepted_authority=Lindley in F. A. Bauer and J. Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in F. A. Bauer and J. Lindley, Ill. Orch. Pl.
|place=2: plate 8. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae;Galeandra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Galeandra]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin galea, helmet, and Greek - andrus, male, referring to shape of anther
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 494
|treatment_page=page 643
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial [epiphytic], cespitose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem shape"><b>Stems </b>reedlike or more often pseudobulbs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity;leaf architecture;leaf architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation;leaf presence"><b>Leaves </b>1–2 [several], not articulate [articulate], plicate, absent [present] at flowering.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;raceme orientation"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, racemes, erect [lightly arching to pendent];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="floral bract shape;floral bract texture">floral bracts lanceolate, scarious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower orientation;flower prominence"><b>Flowers </b>resupinate, showy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal texture;petal texture">sepals and petals membranaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="lip architecture;lip architecture;spur prominence;spur fusion;margin pubescence">lip sessile, simple [obscurely 2–3-lobate], base with conspicuous spur adnate to column-foot, margins tomentose [glabrous];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spur shape">spur shortly conic [sometimes apically recurved, funnel-shaped];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="disc shape">disc basally 2 [–4] -keeled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="column course or shape;column architecture;column shape;foot prominence">column lightly arcuate, shallowly winged, semiterete, produced into conspicuous foot;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="anther position or structure subtype;anther arrangement or orientation;anther architecture;anther architecture or structure in adjective form">anther terminal, incumbent, operculate, imperfectly 2-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pollinium quantity;pollinium coloration;pollinium shape;pollinium pubescence or texture">pollinia 2, yellow, nearly spheric, cartilaginous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsules.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and semitropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|discussion=<p>Species 20–24 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Galeandra
|author=Gustavo A. Romero-González
|authority=Lindley in F. A. Bauer and J. Lindley
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and semitropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=in F. A. Bauer and J. Lindley, Ill. Orch. Pl.
|publication year=1832
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_1322.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae
|genus=Galeandra
|anther architecture=operculate
|anther architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular
|anther arrangement or orientation=incumbent
|anther position or structure subtype=terminal
|column architecture=winged
|column course or shape=arcuate
|column shape=semiterete
|disc shape=2[-4]-keeled
|floral bract shape=lanceolate
|floral bract texture=scarious
|flower orientation=resupinate
|flower prominence=showy
|foot prominence=conspicuous
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf architecture=not articulate
|leaf architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation=plicate
|leaf presence=absent
|leaf quantity=1;2
|lip architecture=simple;sessile
|margin pubescence=tomentose
|petal texture=membranaceous
|pollinium coloration=yellow
|pollinium pubescence or texture=cartilaginous
|pollinium quantity=2
|pollinium shape=spheric
|raceme orientation=erect
|sepal texture=membranaceous
|spur fusion=adnate
|spur prominence=conspicuous
|spur shape=conic
|stem shape=reedlike
|whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial
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