Gunnarella

Gunnarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Aeridinae
Genus:	Gunnarella Senghas

Gunnarella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It and another orchid genus, Seidenfadenia, are named for Danish botanist Gunnar Seidenfaden.^[1] It contains 9 known species, native to New Guinea, New Caledonia and to other nearby islands in the Pacific.^[2]

1. Gunnarella aymardii (N.Hallé) Senghas - New Caledonia
2. Gunnarella begaudii (N.Hallé) Senghas - New Caledonia
3. Gunnarella brigittae (N.Hallé) Senghas - New Caledonia
4. Gunnarella carinata (J.J.Sm.) Senghas - New Guinea
5. Gunnarella florenciae (N.Hallé) Senghas - New Caledonia
6. Gunnarella gracilis (Schltr.) Senghas - New Guinea
7. Gunnarella nambana B.A.Lewis - Vanuatu
8. Gunnarella neocaledonica (Rendle) Senghas - New Caledonia
9. Gunnarella robertsii (Schltr.) Senghas - New Caledonia, New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Hansen, Eric (2000). Orchid Fever. London: Methuen Publishing Ltd. p. 214. ISBN 0413747409.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

General references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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