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|accepted_name=Macradenia
|accepted_authority=R. Brown
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Reg.
|place=8: plate 612. 1822
|year=1822
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae;Macradenia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Macradenia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek makros, large, and aden, gland, probably referring to the prominent viscidium, which is often referred to as a “gland”
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 496
|treatment_page=page 647
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> epiphytic, cespitose. <b>Stems</b> with prominent, elongate pseudobulbs partially covered by bracts. <b>Leaves</b> per sympodium 1, rarely 2, apical, leathery; blade conduplicate, oblong-lanceolate, dorsiventrally flattened, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, arising from base of pseudobulb, pendent; bracts narrowly triangular. <b>Flowers</b>: petals and sepals oblong-elliptic, distinct and free; lip 3-lobed, without nectar cavity, callus shallow; column with prominent dorsal hood projecting over anther cap, otherwise without wings or arms; stigmatic cavity longitudinal; rostellum prominent, beaklike, projecting outward. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, ellipsoid, ± triangular in cross section.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions of Western Hemisphere.
|discussion=<p>Species 10–12 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Macradenia
|author=Mark W. Chase
|authority=R. Brown
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions of Western Hemisphere.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Reg.
|publication year=1822
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1331.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae
|genus=Macradenia
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