!Chloraea gavilu Lindl. 1827

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Common Name The Gavilu Gavilea - In Chile - Gavilu

Found in central and southcentral Chile as a cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the spring

Synonyms Asarca sceptrum (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Chloraea lindleyi Poepp.1833; Chloraea lotensis Rolfe 1916; Chloraea lutea (Willd.) Schltr. 1914; Chloraea sceptrum Rchb.f. 1850; Chloraea semitensis Phil. ex Kraenzl. 1904; Cymbidium luteum (Lam.) Willd. 1806; Epidendrum luteum (Lam.) Poir. 1810; Limodorum luteum Lam. 1792

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I 1 - 12 Hoehne 1940 as C sceptrum; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I 1 - 12 Hoehne 1940 as C lutea; Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family Dressler 1993 photo fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004 Appendix 1; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 10 2008 photo fide;

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