Gomesa echinata

Gomesa echinata is a species of orchid native to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).^[1] It was formerly within the genus Oncidium until a phylogenetic study published in 2009 transferred it and some other Oncidium species to Gomesa.^[2]

Gomesa echinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Gomesa
Species:	G. echinata
Binomial name
Gomesa echinata (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Synonyms
Epidendrum tetrapetalum Vell. Baptistonia echinata Barb.Rodr. Oncidium echinatum (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. Oncidium vellozeanum Pabst Oncidium brunleesianum Rchb.f.