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Sievekingia

Sievekingia
Sievekingia reichenbachiana - Curtis' 124 (Ser. 3 no. 54) pl 7576 (1898).jpg
Sievekingia reichenbachiana
1898 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Sievekingia
Rchb. f. (1871)
Type species
Sievekingia suavis
Rchb. f. (1871)
Synonyms

Gorgoglossum F. Lehm.


Gorgoglossum F. Lehm.

Sievekingia is a genus of orchid, comprising 20 species found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia.

The following species are recognized as of June 2014:



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