Gennaria

Gennaria
File:Gennaria diphylla - Las Canarias 1.jpg
Gennaria diphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Genus:	Gennaria Parl.
Species:	G. diphylla
Binomial name
Gennaria diphylla (Link) Parl.
Synonyms
Satyrium diphyllum Link Gymnadenia diphylla (Link) Link Platanthera diphylla (Link) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach Coeloglossum diphyllum (Link) Fiori & Paol. in A.Fiori & al. Orchis diphylla (Link) Samp. Orchis cordifolia Munby

Gennaria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Gennaria diphylla, native to the region from the western Mediterranean and Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Madeira, Portugal, Spain, the Balearic Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Sardinia, Tuscany).

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Gennaria at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Gennaria at Wikispecies