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|accepted_name=Govenia
|accepted_authority=Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.,
|place=153. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Goveniinae;Govenia
|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 Cymbidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Goveniinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Govenia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For J. R. Gowen, English collector in Assam
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 495, 639
|treatment_page=page 638
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial. <b>Roots</b> spreading, slender, fleshy. <b>Stems</b> reduced to short, nearly ovoid pseudobulbs. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate, articulate, from multiple, concentric, basal sheaths; blade pleated. <b>Inflorescences</b> lateral from within sheaths, racemes, erect, loose. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate; columns fleshy, arcuate 90o, prominently winged, foot prominent [absent]; anthers terminal; pollinaria with 2 pairs of pollinia, stipe, and viscidium.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 30 or more (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=brown2000d
|text=Brown, P. M. 2000d. Govenia floridana (Orchidaceae), a new species endemic to southern Florida, U.S.A. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 6: 231–238.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=correll1947a
|text=Correll, D. S. 1947. Revision of the genus Govenia. Lloydia 10: 218–278.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=fawcett1910a
|text=Fawcett, W. and A. B. Rendle. 1910–1936. Flora of Jamaica…. 5 vols. London. Vol. 1, p. 113.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=greenwood1982b
|text=Greenwood, E. W. 1982b. Govenia in Mexico, an introductory note. Orquidea (Mexico City) 8: 114–120.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=greenwood1991a
|text=Greenwood, E. W. 1991. The Florida Govenia. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 69: 867–869.
}}
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name=Govenia
|author=Edward W. Greenwood†
|authority=Lindley
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Central America;South America.
|reference=brown2000d;correll1947a;fawcett1910a;greenwood1982b;greenwood1991a
|publication title=Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.,
|publication year=1832
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Goveniinae
|genus=Govenia
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