Goodyera R.Br., in Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 5 (1813) 197
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Synonyms: Allochilus Gagnep. , Cionisaccus Breda , Cordylestylis Falc. , Elasmatium Dulac , Epipactis Ség. , Eucosia Blume , Geobina Raf. , Georchis Lindl. , Gonogona Link , Leucostachys Hoffmanns. , Nelis Raf. ex Lindl. , Oncidiochilus Falc. ex Pfeiff. , Orchiodes Kuntze , Peramium Salisb. , Salacistis Rchb.f. , Tartarinorchis Kraenzl. ex N.Hall‚ , Tussaca Raf. , Vieillardorchis Kraenzl.
A genus of c. 50 species; c. 39 species in Malesia.
Distribution: Temperate North America, tropical Africa, Mascarenes, Eurasia, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Australia, Polynesia, east to Tonga
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| Goodyera viridiflora (Blume) Blume, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea | Goodyera viridiflora (Blume) Blume, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea | Goodyera bifida (Blume) Blume, in situ, Java |
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| Goodyera rostellata Ames & C.Schweinf., in situ, Borneo, Sarawak | Goodyera rostellata Ames & C.Schweinf., cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak (flower cut open) | Goodyera fumata Thwaites, drawing by J.J. Smith |
last updated: 21 March 2007 by André Schuiteman