{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2014}} {{Speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 4 | genus = Frondaria | parent_authority = Luer | species = caulescens | authority = (Lindl.) Luer | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WCSP"/> | synonyms = *''Pleurothallis caulescens'' <small>Lindl.</small> *''Humboltia caulescens'' <small>(Lindl.) Kuntze</small> *''Pleurothallis graminea'' <small>Schltr.</small> }}
'''''Frondaria''''' is a genus of orchid native to western South America.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Frondaria Luer {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:924992-1 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> The species ''Frondaria caulescens'' is found at high altitudes from central Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.<ref name="WCSP">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=84857 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.
The genus includes three accepted species:<ref name=":0" />
* ''Frondaria caulescens'' (Lindl.) Luer * ''Frondaria colombiana'' Szlach., Kolan. & Rykacz. * ''Frondaria graminea'' (Schltr.) Szlach., Kolan. & Rykacz.
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{aut|Luer, C.A.}} (1986) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 29. * {{aut|Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N.}} (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 359 ff. Oxford University Press.
== External links == *{{Wikispecies-inline|Frondaria|''Frondaria''}}
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Category:Pleurothallidinae Category:Orchids of South America Category:Pleurothallidinae genera Category:Monotypic Epidendroideae genera