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Galeola
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Galeola

Galeola is a genus of orchids in the family Orchidaceae belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae.

All species in this genus are myco-heterotrophic, i.e. they are parasitic upon fungi. The genus is spread throughout southeast Asia (from India to China to New Guinea) as well as Madagascar and Comoros.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Galeola falconeri

speciesGaleola falconeri

Galeola lindleyana

speciesGaleola lindleyana

Galeola nudifolia

speciesGaleola nudifolia

Galeola faberi

speciesGaleola faberi

Galeola cathcartii

speciesGaleola cathcartii

Galeola humblotii

speciesGaleola humblotii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 425670.