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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Kreodanthus''
| image = Kreodanthus elatus.jpg
| image_width = 225px
| image_caption = Kreodanthus elatus <small>(from : "Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz")</small>
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Orchidoideae]]
| tribus = [[Cranichideae]]
| subtribus = [[Goodyerinae]]
| genus = '''''Kreodanthus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Leslie Andrew Garay|Garay]] 1977
| type_species = ''Kreodanthus simplex''
| type_species_authority = (C. Schweinf.) Garay (''Erythrodes simplex'' C. Schweinf.)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
See text.
}}

'''''Kreodanthus''''' is a small genus of orchids (family [[Orchidaceae]]) belonging to the subfamily [[Orchidoideae]].

It is native to Cuba and Southern Mexico to Peru.

== Species ==

*''[[Kreodanthus casillasii]]'' R.González (1995) (Mexico, El Salvador)
*''[[Kreodanthus corniculatus]]'' (Rchb.f.) Garay (1977) (Cuba)
*''[[Kreodanthus crispifolius]]'' Garay (1978) (Ecuador, Peru)
*''[[Kreodanthus ecuadorensis]]'' Garay (1987) (Ecuador)
*''[[Kreodanthus elatus]]'' (L.O.Williams) Garay (1977) (Venezuela)
*''[[Kreodanthus forceps]]'' Ormerod (2005) (Ecuador)
*''[[Kreodanthus loxoglottis]]'' (Rchb.f.) Garay (1977) (Guatemala)
*''[[Kreodanthus myrmex]]'' Ormerod  (2005) (Colombia)
*''[[Kreodanthus ovatilabius]]'' (Ames & Correll) Garay (1977) (Mexico, Guatemala)
*''[[Kreodanthus rotundifolius]]'' Ormerod  (2005) (Amazonas - Peru) 
*''[[Kreodanthus secundus]]'' (Ames) Garay (1977) (Mexico, El Salvador)
*''[[Kreodanthus simplex]]'' (C.Schweinf.) Garay (1977) (Peru)

== Reference ==

*Orchid Research Newsletter 47 (January 2006) - Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.


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