Galeandra beyrichiiRchb.f.

Beyrich's hooded orchid

WFO wfo-0000967764 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Galeandra beyrichii, photographed by Reinaldo de Oliveira Elias
fig. a Reinaldo de Oliveira Elias, CC BY 4.0 / 2015-03-07 / obs. 99039070
Galeandra beyrichii, photographed by Tsssss
fig. b Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64500763
Galeandra beyrichii, photographed by Ismael Cortés Casanova
fig. c Ismael Cortés Casanova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159329111
Galeandra beyrichii, photographed by Tsssss
fig. d Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64500478
Galeandra beyrichii, photographed by Tsssss
fig. e Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64500791

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Galeandra beyrichii is native: Mexico Southeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela Mexico SoutheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiJamaicaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Galeandra beyrichii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Jamaica JAM
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Galeandra coxipoensis Hoehne
  • Galeandra fiebrigii Schltr.
  • Galeandra viridis Barb.Rodr.
  • Tupacamaria beyrichii (Rchb.f.) Archila

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol GABE4. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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