Orchidaceae
Gavilea

Gavilea odoratissima Poepp.

First published in Fragm. Syn. Pl.: 19 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Chile to SW. Argentina (and Buenos Aires). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chemisquy, M.A. (2009). Novedades nomenclaturales en el género Gavilea (Orchidaceae, Chloraeinae), con especial énfasis en las especies Chilenas. Darwiniana 47: 315-320.
  • Chemisquy, M.A. (2012). Revisión taxonómica del género Gavilea (Orchidaceae, Chloraeinae). Darwiniana 50: 33-80.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images