Galeottiella

Galeottiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Galeottiellinae
Salazar & M.W.Chase
Genus: Galeottiella
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Galeottiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Traditionally it had been included in subtribe Spiranthinae, but following molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies it is now placed in a subtribe on its own, Galeottiellinae.[1][2][3]

Galeottiella is native to the mountain ranges of Mexico and adjacent Guatemala. It includes two known species (as of June 2014):[4]

  1. ^ Rutkowski, P., J. Mytnik & D. L. Szlachetko. 2004. New taxa and new combinations in Mesoamerican Spiranthinae (Orchidaceae, Spirantheae). Annales Botanici Fennici 41(6): 471–477
  2. ^ Szlachetko, D. L. 1991. Genera and species of the subtribe Spiranthinae (Orchidaceae). Contribution to the revision of Galeottiella. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 36: 1–12.
  3. ^ Hágsater, E. & M. Soto. 2003. Orchids of Mexico. Icones Orchidacearum (México) 5–6: i–xxii, t. 501–t. 700.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families