Cheiradenia

Cheiradenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Cheiradenia cuspidata, native to northern South America (Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, northern Brazil).^[1]

Cheiradenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Zygopetalinae
Genus:	Cheiradenia Lindl.
Species:	C. cuspidata
Binomial name
Cheiradenia cuspidata Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
Cheiradenia imthurnii Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera