Frondaria

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Frondaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Pleurothallidinae
Genus:	Frondaria Luer
Species:	F. caulescens
Binomial name
Frondaria caulescens (Lindl.) Luer
Synonyms
Pleurothallis caulescens Lindl. Humboltia caulescens (Lindl.) Kuntze Pleurothallis graminea Schltr.

Frondaria is a genus of orchid native to western South America. The species Frondaria caulescens is found at high altitudes from central Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.

The genus includes three accepted species:

• Frondaria caulescens (Lindl.) Luer
• Frondaria colombiana Szlach., Kolan. & Rykacz.
• Frondaria graminea (Schltr.) Szlach., Kolan. & Rykacz.

References

• Luer, C.A. (1986) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 29.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 359 ff. Oxford University Press.

External links

• Data related to Frondaria at Wikispecies