Acropera
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Acopera is subgenus within Gongora.
According to Rod Rice in Infragen. Rev. Gen. Gongora (2002, 2003) the genus Gongora can be classified into subgenera and sections as follows:
Subgenus Gongora
- Section Aceras with four species
- Section Gongora with about 30-33 species [G. atropurpurea, G. catilligera, G. latisepala, G. odoratissima, G. rufescens]
- Section Gratulabunda with four species
- Section Grossa with five species
- Section Truncata with nine species [G. charontis, G. dressleri,G. longipes, G. tracyana]
Subgenus Portentosa
- one section with at least five species [G. escobariana, G. garayana, G. portentosa, G. sanderiana]
Subgenus Acropera
- Section Acropera with one species
- Section Armeniaca with two species and one to two subspecies
- Section Cassidea with four species [G. amparoana, G. cassidea, G. galeata, G. tridentata]
[edit] Relatives: The Subtribe Stanhopeinae
- Acineta
- Archivea
- Braemia
- Cirrhaea
- Coeliopsis
- Coryanthes
- Embreea
- Endresiella see Trevoria
- Gongora
- Subgenus Acropera
- Horichia
- Houlletia
- Jennyella
- Kegeliella
- Lacaena
- Lueddemannia
- Lycomormium
- Paphinia
- Peristeria
- Polycycnis
- Schlimia
- Sievekingia
- Soterosanthus
- Stanhopea
- Stanhopeastrum
- Trevoria
- Vasqueziella
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