| Barbosella | |
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| Barbosella gardneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Pleurothallidinae |
| Genus: | Barbosella Schltr. (1918) |
| Type species | |
| Pleurothallis gardneri [1] Lindl.
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Barbrodria Luer | |
Barbosella is a genus of mostly creeping orchids.[3] The genus has about 20 species, widespread across the West Indies and Latin America from Mexico and the Lesser Antilles to Argentina.[2] Named after João Barbosa Rodrigues, an investigator of Brazilian orchids. They have solitary flowers with a unique lip base that works like a ball and socket.
- ^ lectotype designated by Luer, Carlyle August. 1981. Selbyana 5: 386
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Barbosella
- ^ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1918. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 15(427/433): 259–260