View source for Gomesa

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Gomesa crispa.jpg
| image_caption = ''Gomesa crispa''
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Gomesa
| authority = R.Br.
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="ortia"/>
| synonyms =
*''Coppensia'' <small>Dumort</small>
*''Maturna'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Baptistonia'' <small>Barb.Rodr.</small>
*''Ornithophora'' <small>Barb.Rodr.</small>
*''Waluewa'' <small>Regel</small>
*''Rodrigueziella'' <small>Kuntze</small>
*''Binotia'' <small>Rolfe</small>
*''Rodrigueziopsis'' <small>Schltr.</small>
*''Hellerorchis'' <small>A.D.Hawkes</small>
*''Alatiglossum'' <small>Baptista</small>
*''Ampliglossum'' <small>Campacci</small>
*''Anettea'' <small>Szlach. & Mytnik</small>
*''Brasilidium'' <small>Campacci</small>
*''Carenidium'' <small>Baptista</small>
*''Carriella'' <small>V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda</small>
*''Castroa'' <small>Guiard</small>
*''Concocidium'' <small>Romowicz & Szlach.</small>
*''Kleberiella'' <small>V.P.Castro & Cath.</small>
*''Menezesiella'' <small>Chiron & V.P.Castro</small>
*''Neoruschia'' <small>Cath. & V.P.Castro</small>
*''Rhinocerotidium'' <small>Szlach.</small>
*''Rhinocidium'' <small>Baptista</small>
*''Nitidocidium'' <small>F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues</small>
*''Campaccia'' <small>Baptista, P.A.Harding & V.P.Castro</small>
*''Hardingia'' <small>Docha Neto & Baptista</small>
}}
'''''Gomesa''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s from the orchid family, [[Orchidaceae]]. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to [[South America]].<ref name="ortia">{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=91261|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|work=kew.org}}</ref>  The genus is abbreviated as '''''Gom'''''.<ref>[https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-registration-forms/orchid-name-abbreviations-list.pdf Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names], Royal Horticultural Society, 2017</ref>
== Species ==
This genus contains many species that were previously assigned to ''[[Oncidium]]''.
Species include:
# ''[[Gomesa adamantina]]'' <small> (Marçal & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams  (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa albinoi]]'' <small> (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa alpina]]'' <small> Porsch (1908)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa barbaceniae]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa barbata]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa barkeri]]'' <small> (Hook.) Rolfe (1901)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa bicolor]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa bifolia]]'' <small> (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa blanchetii]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa bohnkiana]]'' <small> (V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa brasiliensis]]'' <small> (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa brieniana]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa caldensis]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa calimaniana]]'' <small> (Guiard) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa carlosregentii]]'' <small> Lückel (2010)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa chapadensis]]'' <small> (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa chrysoptera]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa chrysopterantha]]'' <small> (Lückel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa ciliata]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa cogniauxiana]]'' <small> (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa colorata]]'' <small> (Königer & J.G.Weinm.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa concolor]]'' <small> (Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa cornigera]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa crispa]]'' <small> (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f. (1852)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa croesus]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa cruciata]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa culuenensis]]'' <small> (Docha Neto & Benelli) Lückel (2010)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa cuneata]]'' <small> (Scheidw.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa damacenoi]]'' <small> (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa dasytyle]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa discifera]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa divaricata]]'' <small> Hoffmanns. ex Schltr. (1926)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa doeringii]]'' <small> (Hoehne) Pabst (1967)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa doniana]]'' <small> (Bateman ex W.H.Baxter) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa duseniana]]'' <small> Kraenzl. (1921)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa echinata]]'' <small> (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa edmundoi]]'' <small> (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa eleutherosepala]]'' <small> (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa emiliana]]'' <small> H.Barbosa (1920)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa emilii]]'' <small> (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa fischeri]]'' <small> Regel (1856)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa flexuosa]]'' <small> (Lodd.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa foliosa]]'' <small> (Hook.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f. (1852)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa forbesii]]'' <small> (Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa fuscans]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa fuscopetala]]'' <small> (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa gardneri]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa gilva]]'' <small> (Vell.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa glaziovii]]'' <small> Cogn. (1905)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa gomezoides]]'' <small> (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst (1967)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa gracilis]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa gravesiana]]'' <small> (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa gutfreundiana]]'' <small> (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa handroi]]'' <small> (Hoehne) Pabst (1967)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa herzogii]]'' <small> (Schltr.) Lückel (2010)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa hookeri]]'' <small> (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa hydrophila]]'' <small> (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa insignis]]'' <small> (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa isoptera]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa itapetingensis]]'' <small> (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa jucunda]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa kautskyi]]'' <small> (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa laxiflora]]'' <small> (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f. (1852)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa leinigii]]'' <small> (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa lietzei]]'' <small> (Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa loefgrenii]]'' <small> (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa longicornu]]'' <small> (Mutel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa longipes]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa macronyx]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa macropetala]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa majevskyi]]'' <small> (Toscano & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa marshalliana]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa martiana]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa messmeriana]]'' <small> (Campacci) Laitano (2010)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa microphyta]]'' <small> (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa micropogon]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa montana]]'' <small> (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa neoparanaensis]]'' <small> M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa nitida]]'' <small> (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa novaesae]]'' <small> (Ruschi) Fraga & A.P.Fontana, Phytotaxa 20: 57. (2011)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa ouricanensis]]'' <small> (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa pabstii]]'' <small> (Campacci & C.Espejo) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa paranaensis]]'' <small> Kraenzl. (1911)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa paranapiacabensis]]'' <small> (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa paranensoides]]'' <small> M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa pardoglossa]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa pectoralis]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa petropolitana]]'' <small> (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa planifolia]]'' <small> (Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f. (1852)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa praetexta]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa pubes]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa pulchella]]'' <small> (Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa radicans]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa ramosa]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa ranifera]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa recurva]]'' <small> R.Br. (1815)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa reducta]]'' <small> (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa reichertii]]'' <small> (L.C.Menezes & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa riograndensis]]'' <small> (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa riviereana]]'' <small> (Wibier) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa rupestris]]'' <small> (Docha Neto) Lückel (2010)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa salesopolitana]]'' <small> (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa sarcodes]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa sellowii]]'' <small> (Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa sessilis]]'' <small> Barb.Rodr. (1877)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa silvana]]'' <small> (V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa sincorana]]'' <small> (Campacci & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa spiloptera]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa uhlii]]'' <small> (Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa uniflora]]'' <small> (Booth ex Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa varicosa]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa velteniana]]'' <small> (V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa venusta]]'' <small> (Drapiez) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa viperina]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa warmingii]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa welteri]]'' <small> (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa widgrenii]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa williamsii]]'' <small> (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
# ''[[Gomesa zappii]]'' <small> (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small>
===Natural Hybrids===
# ''[[Gomesa × amicta]]'' <small> (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small> = (''[[Gomes lietzei]]'' × ''[[Gomesa sarcodes]]'')
# ''[[Gomesa × colnagoi]]'' <small> (Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small> = (''[[Gomesa forbesii]]'' × ''[[Gomesa zappii]]'')
# ''[[Gomesa × lita]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small> = (''[[Gomes forbesii]]'' × ''[[Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani]]'')
# ''[[Gomesa × scullyi]]'' <small> (Pabst & A.F.Mello) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams (2009)</small> = (''[[Gomes gardneri]]'' × ''[[Gomesa gravesiana]]'')
# ''[[Gomesa × terassaniana]]'' <small> (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw (2011)</small> = (''[[Gomes blanchetii]]'' × ''[[Gomesa sarcodes]]'')
== See also ==
* [[List of Orchidaceae genera]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{aut|Brown, R.}} (1815) Botanical Magazine 42: t. 1748.
* {{aut| Berg Pana, H.}} 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
* {{aut|Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N.}} (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 271 ff. Oxford University Press.
* {{aut|Chase, M.W. et al}} (2009) Floral convergence in Oncidiinae (Cymbidieae; Orchidaceae): an expanded concept of Gomesa and a new genus Nohawilliamsia, Annals of Botany, 104 (3): 387–402.
== External links ==
*{{Commons-inline|Gomesa|''Gomesa''}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Gomesa|''Gomesa''}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q1309039}}
[[Category:Oncidiinae genera]]
[[Category:Oncidiinae]]
[[Category:Orchids of South America]]
{{Cymbidieae-stub}}