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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Goodyera''
| image = Goodyera repens.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = The flowers of ''[[Goodyera repens]]'', sometimes called "creeping lady's tresses" or "dwarf rattlesnake plantain"
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| genus = '''''Goodyera'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R. Br.]], 1813
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| range_map =
| range_map_width =
| range_map_caption =
}}
'''''Goodyera''''' are a wide-ranging [[genus]] of [[orchid]], one of approximately 800 described [[List of Orchidaceae genera|Orchidaceae genera]] within that large and diverse family. The genus is named after botanist [[John Goodyer]].
There are about 25 species of ''Goodyera'' worldwide. Creeping [[rhizome]]s and [[rosette (botany)|rosette]]s of [[evergreen]] [[leaf|leaves]] characterize the genus. ''Goodyera'' is closely related to the genus ''[[Spiranthes]]''.<ref name="hilaire">[http://www.newfs.org/conserve/pdf/Goodyeraoblongifolia.pdf] St. Hilaire, Lisa R. 2002. Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. (Giant Rattlesnake-plantain)
Conservation and Research Plan for New England. New England Wild Flower Society,
Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.</ref>
''Goodyera'' [[flower]]s are characterized by a saccate [[nectary]]
of the lip with a beak-shaped [[apex]]. [[Sepal]]s and [[petal]]s are connivant over the column. [[pollen|Pollin]]ia in ''Goodyera'' are granular, in contrast to [[Cranichideae]], another member of this [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]].<ref name="hilaire"/>
Orchids of this genus grow in environments ranging from [[alpine]] [[valley]]s in [[Scandinavia]] to the ''[[laurisilva]]'' of [[Macaronesia]] to [[North America]]n [[conifer]]ous [[forest]]s.
"Lady's tresses" is a [[common name]] given to some of these species. The four species [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to North America are called "rattlesnake plantain".
Representative species include:
*''[[Goodyera pubescens]]''
*''[[Goodyera oblongifolia]]''
*''[[Goodyera repens]]''
*''[[Goodyera tesselata]]''
*''[[Goodyera schlectendaliana]]''
Many ''Goodyera'' species are threatened in at least part of their range. In areas where more than one species may be found, [[hybrid]]ization is common.<ref name="hilaire"/>
==References==
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[[Category:Orchid genera]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Goodyera''
| image = Goodyera repens.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = The flowers of ''[[Goodyera repens]]'', sometimes called "creeping lady's tresses" or "dwarf rattlesnake plantain"
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| genus = '''''Goodyera'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R. Br.]], 1813
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| range_map =
| range_map_width =
| range_map_caption =
}}
'''''Goodyera''''' are a wide-ranging [[genus]] of [[orchid]], one of approximately 800 described [[List of Orchidaceae genera|Orchidaceae genera]] within that large and diverse family. The genus is named after botanist [[John Goodyer]].
There are about 25 species of ''Goodyera'' worldwide. Creeping [[rhizome]]s and [[rosette (botany)|rosette]]s of [[evergreen]] [[leaf|leaves]] characterize the genus. ''Goodyera'' is closely related to the genus ''[[Spiranthes]]''.<ref name="hilaire">[http://www.newfs.org/conserve/pdf/Goodyeraoblongifolia.pdf] St. Hilaire, Lisa R. 2002. Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. (Giant Rattlesnake-plantain)
Conservation and Research Plan for New England. New England Wild Flower Society,
Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.</ref>
''Goodyera'' [[flower]]s are characterized by a saccate [[nectary]]
of the lip with a beak-shaped [[apex]]. [[Sepal]]s and [[petal]]s are connivant over the column. [[pollen|Pollin]]ia in ''Goodyera'' are granular, in contrast to [[Cranichideae]], another member of this [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]].<ref name="hilaire"/>
Orchids of this genus grow in environments ranging from [[alpine]] [[valley]]s in [[Scandinavia]] to the ''[[laurisilva]]'' of [[Macaronesia]] to [[North America]]n [[conifer]]ous [[forest]]s.
"Lady's tresses" is a [[common name]] given to some of these species. The four species [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to North America are called "rattlesnake plantain".
Representative species include:
*''[[Goodyera pubescens]]''
*''[[Goodyera oblongifolia]]''
*''[[Goodyera repens]]''
*''[[Goodyera tesselata]]''
*''[[Goodyera schlectendaliana]]''
Many ''Goodyera'' species are threatened in at least part of their range. In areas where more than one species may be found, [[hybrid]]ization is common.<ref name="hilaire"/>
==References==
<div class="references-small">
<references/>
</div>
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
