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Gomesa

Gomesa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to South America. The genus is abbreviated as Gom.

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Gomesa
Gomesa crispa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Gomesa
R.Br.
Synonyms1
  • Coppensia Dumort
  • Maturna Raf.
  • Baptistonia Barb.Rodr.
  • Ornithophora Barb.Rodr.
  • Waluewa Regel
  • Rodrigueziella Kuntze
  • Binotia Rolfe
  • Rodrigueziopsis Schltr.
  • Hellerorchis A.D.Hawkes
  • Alatiglossum Baptista
  • Ampliglossum Campacci
  • Anettea Szlach. & Mytnik
  • Brasilidium Campacci
  • Carenidium Baptista
  • Carriella V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda
  • Castroa Guiard
  • Concocidium Romowicz & Szlach.
  • Kleberiella V.P.Castro & Cath.
  • Menezesiella Chiron & V.P.Castro
  • Neoruschia Cath. & V.P.Castro
  • Rhinocerotidium Szlach.
  • Rhinocidium Baptista
  • Nitidocidium F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues
  • Campaccia Baptista, P.A.Harding & V.P.Castro
  • Hardingia Docha Neto & Baptista

Gomesa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to South America.1 The genus is abbreviated as Gom.2

Species

This genus contains many species that were previously assigned to Oncidium.

As of October 2025, Plants of the World Online accepted 127 species and 8 hybrids:3

  • Gomesa adamantina (Marçal & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa albinoi (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa alpina Porsch
  • Gomesa alvesiana (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa barbaceniae (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa barbata (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa barkeri (Hook.) Rolfe
  • Gomesa bicolor (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa bicornuta (Hook.) Meneguzzo
  • Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa blahae J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa blanchetii (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa bohnkiana (V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa brasiliensis (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa brieniana (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa caatingana J.M.P.Cordeiro, L.P.Félix & M.W.Chase
  • Gomesa caldensis (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa calimaniana (Guiard) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa calimaniorum (V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa carlosregentii Lückel
  • Gomesa chapadensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa chrysoptera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa chrysopterantha (Lückel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa ciliata (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa cogniauxiana (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa colorata (Königer & J.G.Weinm.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa concolor (Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa cornigera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa crispa (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.
  • Gomesa croesus (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa culuenensis (Docha Neto & Benelli) Lückel
  • Gomesa cuneata (Scheidw.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa dasytyle (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa deuteroregentii J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa diamantinensis (V.P.Castro) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa discifera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa divaricata Hoffmanns.
  • Gomesa doeringii (Hoehne) Pabst
  • Gomesa doniana (Bateman ex W.H.Baxter) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa duseniana Kraenzl.
  • Gomesa echinata (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa edmundoi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa eleutherosepala (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa emiliana H.Barbosa
  • Gomesa emilii (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa fischeri Regel
  • Gomesa flexuosa (G.Lodd.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa florida (Vell.) Meneguzzo
  • Gomesa foliosa (Hook.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.
  • Gomesa forbesii (Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa fuscans (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa fuscopetala (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa gardneri (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa glaziovii Cogn.
  • Gomesa gomezoides (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst
  • Gomesa gracilis (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa gravesiana (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa gutfreundiana (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa handroi (Hoehne) Pabst
  • Gomesa herzogii (Schltr.) Lückel
  • Gomesa hookeri (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa hydrophila (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa insignis (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa itapetingensis (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa jucunda (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa kautskyi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa kleinii Szlach., Chiron & Kolan.
  • Gomesa leinigii (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa lietzei (Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa loefgrenii (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa longipes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa macropetala (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa maculosa (Lindl.) Meneguzzo
  • Gomesa majevskyae (Toscano & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa mantiqueirensis (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa marshalliana (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa martiana (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa messmeriana (Campacci) Laitano
  • Gomesa meyerae (V.P.Castro & P.Blaha) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa microphyta (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa micropogon (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa neoparanaensis M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa nitida (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa novaesiae (Ruschi) Fraga & A.P.Fontana
  • Gomesa ottonis (Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw & M.Giannak.
  • Gomesa ouricanensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa pabstii (Campacci & C.Espejo) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa paranaensis Kraenzl.
  • Gomesa paranapiacabensis (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa paranensoides M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa pardoglossa (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa pectoralis (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa petropolitana (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa planifolia (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.
  • Gomesa polyodonta (Kraenzl.) Meneguzzo
  • Gomesa praetexta (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa pubes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa pulchella (Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa radicans (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa ramosa (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa ranifera (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa recurva R.Br.
  • Gomesa reducta (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa reichertii (L.C.Menezes & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa riograndensis (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa riviereana (Wibier) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa rupestris (Docha Neto) Lückel
  • Gomesa salesopolitana (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa sarcodes (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa sellowii (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa sessilis Barb.Rodr.
  • Gomesa silvana (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa sincorana (Campacci & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa tapiraiensis (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa ternata (Vell.) Campacci
  • Gomesa uhlii (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa uniflora (Booth ex Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa varicosa (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa vasconcelosiana (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa velteniana (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa venusta (Drapiez) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa viperina (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa warmingii (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa welteri (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa widgrenii (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Gomesa williamsii (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Natural hybrids

  • Gomesa × amicta (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams = Gomes lietzei × Gomesa sarcodes
  • Gomesa × colnagoi (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams = Gomesa forbesii × Gomesa zappii
  • Gomesa × francacesari (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa × lita (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams = Gomes forbesii × Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani
  • Gomesa × roczonii (Leinig) Meneguzzo
  • Gomesa × scullyi (Pabst & A.F.Mello) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams = Gomes gardneri × Gomesa gravesiana
  • Gomesa × stanleyi (Rolfe) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Gomesa × terassaniana (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw = Gomes blanchetii × Gomesa sarcodes
See also

See also

References

References

  • Brown, R. (1815) Botanical Magazine 42: t. 1748.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 271 ff. Oxford University Press.
  • Chase, M.W. et al (2009) Floral convergence in Oncidiinae (Cymbidieae; Orchidaceae): an expanded concept of Gomesa and a new genus Nohawilliamsia, Annals of Botany, 104 (3): 387–402.
External links
  • Media related to Gomesa at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Gomesa at Wikispecies