Gomesa

Gomesa
	Gomesa crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Gomesa; R.Br.
Synonyms
	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. The genus is abbreviated as Gom.

Species

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

As of October 2025^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted 127 species and 8 hybrids:

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

References

1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.
↑ Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, Royal Horticultural Society, 2017
↑ "Gomesa R.Br." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-10-28.

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

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[ortia-1] 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.

[2] Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, Royal Horticultural Society, 2017

[POWO_29566-1-3] "Gomesa R.Br." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-10-28.

Gomesa

Gomesa crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Gomesa R.Br.
Synonyms
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

Species

Natural hybrids

See also

References

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