Gomesa paranensoidesM.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

WFO wfo-0000912809 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Gomesa paranensoides, photographed by Kahio Tiberio Mazon
fig. a Kahio Tiberio Mazon, CC0 1.0 / 2018-12-30 / obs. 29875454
Gomesa paranensoides, photographed by Kahio Tiberio Mazon
fig. b Kahio Tiberio Mazon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 28934635
Gomesa paranensoides, photographed by Johann Macedo
fig. c Johann Macedo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183261196

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Gomesa paranensoides is native: Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Paraguay Argentina NortheastBrazil SouthParaguay
Native distribution of Gomesa paranensoides, 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 Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil South BZS
Paraguay PAR

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 8 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.

  • Carenidium paranaense (Kraenzl.) Baptista
  • Coppensia paranaensis (Kraenzl.) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues
  • Gomesa paranaensis (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Hardingia paranaensis (Kraenzl.) Docha Neto & Baptista
  • Oncidium hatschbachii Schltr.
  • Oncidium paranaense Kraenzl.
  • Oncidium schadei L.O.Williams
  • Rhinocidium paranaense (Kraenzl.) Docha Neto

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. 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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