Macradenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Latin America, the West Indies and Florida.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of north America v 26 p 647, Macradenia R. Brown, Bot. Reg. 8: plate 612. 1822. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 290 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Macradenia amazonica Mansf. - Brazil Macradenia brassavolae Rchb.f. - southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador Macradenia delicatula Barb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais Macradenia loxoglottis Focke ex Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Suriname Macradenia lutescens R.Br. - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador Macradenia multiflora (Kraenzl.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil, Paraguay Macradenia paraensis Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Paraguay Macradenia paulensis Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil Macradenia purpureorostrata G.Gerlach - Colombia, Venezuela Macradenia regnellii Barb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais Macradenia rubescens Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Venezuela Macradenia tridentata C.Schweinf. - Peru
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
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