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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Guarianthe''
| image = Cattleya skinner1i.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Guarianthe skinneri''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| alliance = Cattleya
| genus = '''''Guarianthe'''''
| genus_authority = Dressler & W.E.Higgins, 2003
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Guarianthe''''' is a small genus of [[epiphytic]] [[orchid]]s, growing in wet forests in Central America and northern South America. It has been separated from ''[[Cattleya]]'' based on phylogenetic studies with DNA sequence data ([http://www.cassiovandenberg.com/pdfs/2000-vandenbergetal.pdf van den Berg et al., 2000)]
== Species: ==
*''[[Guarianthe aurantiaca]]'' <small>(Bateman) Dressler & W.E.Higgins</small>
*''[[Guarianthe bowringiana]]'' <small>(Veitch) Dressler & W.E.Higgins</small>
*''[[Guarianthe patinii]]'' <small>([[Cogn.]]) Dressler & W.E.Higgins</small>
*''[[Guarianthe skinneri]]'' <small>(Bateman) Dressler & W.E.Higgins</small>
== Natural hybrid: ==
*''Guarianthe × guatemalensis'' <small>(T.Moore) W.E.Higgins</small>
{{commons|Guarianthe|''Guarianthe''}}
[[Category:Orchid genera]]