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|accepted_name=Govenia
|accepted_authority=Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.,
|place=153. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Goveniinae;Govenia
|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 Goveniinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Govenia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For J. R. Gowen, English collector in Assam
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 495, 639
|treatment_page=page 638
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root orientation;root size;root texture"><b>Roots </b>spreading, slender, fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem size;pseudobulb shape"><b>Stems </b>reduced to short, nearly ovoid pseudobulbs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf architecture;basal sheath quantity;basal sheath position"><b>Leaves </b>petiolate, articulate, from multiple, concentric, basal sheaths;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape or vernation">blade pleated.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;raceme orientation;raceme architecture or fragility"><b>Inflorescences </b>lateral from within sheaths, racemes, erect, loose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>resupinate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="column texture;column course or shape;column architecture;foot prominence">columns fleshy, arcuate 90o, prominently winged, foot prominent [absent];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther position or structure subtype">anthers terminal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pair quantity">pollinaria with 2 pairs of pollinia, stipe, and viscidium.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Central America;South America
|discussion=<p>Species 30 or more (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Govenia
|author=Edward W. Greenwood†
|authority=Lindley
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Central America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.,
|publication year=1832
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_1311.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Goveniinae
|genus=Govenia
|anther position or structure subtype=terminal
|basal sheath position=concentric
|basal sheath quantity=multiple
|blade shape or vernation=pleated
|column architecture=winged
|column course or shape=arcuate
|column texture=fleshy
|flower orientation=resupinate
|foot prominence=prominent
|inflorescence position=lateral
|leaf architecture=articulate;petiolate
|pair quantity=2
|pseudobulb shape=ovoid
|raceme architecture or fragility=loose
|raceme orientation=erect
|root orientation=spreading
|root size=slender
|root texture=fleshy
|stem size=reduced;short
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial
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