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Caucaea
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Caucaea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 currently recognized species, all native to northwestern South America.

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It sits within the topics Commons link from Wikidata, Oncidiinae and Oncidiinae genera.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyOrchidaceae
Native toColombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Observations recorded534

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
With media
7
Family
Orchidaceae
Collections
SEL, NY, MO, MNHN
Recorded in
Peru, Belize, Ecuador, Colombie, Colombia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Oncidiinae
Image
Caucaea phalaenopsis.jpg
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genus
taxon name
Caucaea
topic's main category
Category:Caucaea
Commons category
Caucaea
Commons gallery
Caucaea
taxon common name
高加兰属
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • List of species
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Caucaea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 currently recognized species, all native to northwestern South America.

== List of species == , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution !! Elevation (m) |- | ||Caucaea alticola (Stacy) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase||Ecuador || |- | ||Caucaea andigena (Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase ||Ecuador || |- | ||Caucaea caucana Szlach. & Kolan. ||Colombia || |- | ||Caucaea colombiana Uribe Vélez, Sauleda & Szlach. ||Colombia || |- | ||Caucaea dodsoniana Szlach. & Kolan. ||Ecuador || |- | ||Caucaea duquei Szlach. & Kolan. ||Colombia || |- | ||Caucaea hernandezii (Königer) Kolan., Hirtz & Tobar ||Ecuador || |- | ||Caucaea kunthiana H.Medina, J.Portilla & Hirtz ||Ecuador || |- | ||Caucaea macrotyle (Königer & J.Portilla) Königer||Ecuador || |- |120px ||Caucaea nubigena (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase||Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru || |- | ||Caucaea olivacea (Kunth) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase||Ecuador, Colombia || |- |120px ||Caucaea phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase||Ecuador, Colombia || |- | ||Caucaea pichinchae Szlach. & Kolan. ||Ecuador || |- | ||Caucaea pseudoandigena Szlach. & Kolan. ||Ecuador || |- | ||Caucaea radiata (Lindl.) Mansf.||Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela || |- |120px ||Caucaea sanguinolenta (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase||Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela || |- | ||Caucaea tripterygia (Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase||Ecuador, Peru || |- |}

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