Gavilea littoralis (Phil.) M.N.Correa 1969 Photo by © Erwin Domínguez and the Fundación Jardín Botánico Nacional de Viña del's photostream Flickr Orchid Photo Site

suncold Winter

Common Name The Coastal Gavilea

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Found in southern Argentina, the Falkland Islands and southern Chile as a cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the winter

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms Asarca littoralis (Phil.) Reiche 1910; Asarca macroptera Kraenzl. 1903; *Chloraea littoralis Phil. 1864; Gavilea macroptera (Kraenzl.) M.N.Correa 1956

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 9 1992 postage stamp fide;

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