{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Gomesa crispa.jpg | image_caption = ''Gomesa crispa'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Gomesa | authority = R.Br. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="ortia"/> | synonyms = *''Coppensia'' <small>Dumort</small> *''Maturna'' <small>Raf.</small> *''Baptistonia'' <small>Barb.Rodr.</small> *''Ornithophora'' <small>Barb.Rodr.</small> *''Waluewa'' <small>Regel</small> *''Rodrigueziella'' <small>Kuntze</small> *''Binotia'' <small>Rolfe</small> *''Rodrigueziopsis'' <small>Schltr.</small> *''Hellerorchis'' <small>A.D.Hawkes</small> *''Alatiglossum'' <small>Baptista</small> *''Ampliglossum'' <small>Campacci</small> *''Anettea'' <small>Szlach. & Mytnik</small> *''Brasilidium'' <small>Campacci</small> *''Carenidium'' <small>Baptista</small> *''Carriella'' <small>V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda</small> *''Castroa'' <small>Guiard</small> *''Concocidium'' <small>Romowicz & Szlach.</small> *''Kleberiella'' <small>V.P.Castro & Cath.</small> *''Menezesiella'' <small>Chiron & V.P.Castro</small> *''Neoruschia'' <small>Cath. & V.P.Castro</small> *''Rhinocerotidium'' <small>Szlach.</small> *''Rhinocidium'' <small>Baptista</small> *''Nitidocidium'' <small>F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues</small> *''Campaccia'' <small>Baptista, P.A.Harding & V.P.Castro</small> *''Hardingia'' <small>Docha Neto & Baptista</small> }}
'''''Gomesa''''' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 80–100 species, all native to South America.<ref name="ortia">{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=91261|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|work=kew.org}}</ref> The genus is abbreviated as '''''Gom'''''.<ref>[https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-registration-forms/orchid-name-abbreviations-list.pdf Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names], Royal Horticultural Society, 2017</ref>
== Species == This genus contains many species that were previously assigned to ''Oncidium''.
{{As of|2025|October}}, Plants of the World Online accepted 127 species and 8 hybrids:<ref name=POWO_29566-1>{{Cite POWO|title=''Gomesa'' R.Br..|id=29566-1|access-date=2025-10-28|mode=cs1}}</ref> *''Gomesa adamantina'' <small>(Marçal & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa albinoi'' <small>(Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa alpina'' <small>Porsch</small> *''Gomesa alvesiana'' <small>(Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa barbaceniae'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa barbata'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa barkeri'' <small>(Hook.) Rolfe</small> *''Gomesa bicolor'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa bicornuta'' <small>(Hook.) Meneguzzo</small> *''Gomesa bifolia'' <small>(Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa blahae'' <small>J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa blanchetii'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa bohnkiana'' <small>(V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa brasiliensis'' <small>(Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa brieniana'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa caatingana'' <small>J.M.P.Cordeiro, L.P.Félix & M.W.Chase</small> *''Gomesa caldensis'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa calimaniana'' <small>(Guiard) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa calimaniorum'' <small>(V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa carlosregentii'' <small>Lückel</small> *''Gomesa chapadensis'' <small>(V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa chrysoptera'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa chrysopterantha'' <small>(Lückel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa ciliata'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa cogniauxiana'' <small>(Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa colorata'' <small>(Königer & J.G.Weinm.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa concolor'' <small>(Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa cornigera'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa crispa'' <small>(Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.</small> *''Gomesa croesus'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa culuenensis'' <small>(Docha Neto & Benelli) Lückel</small> *''Gomesa cuneata'' <small>(Scheidw.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa dasytyle'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa deuteroregentii'' <small>J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa diamantinensis'' <small>(V.P.Castro) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa discifera'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa divaricata'' <small>Hoffmanns.</small> *''Gomesa doeringii'' <small>(Hoehne) Pabst</small> *''Gomesa doniana'' <small>(Bateman ex W.H.Baxter) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa duseniana'' <small>Kraenzl.</small> *''Gomesa echinata'' <small>(Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa edmundoi'' <small>(Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa eleutherosepala'' <small>(Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa emiliana'' <small>H.Barbosa</small> *''Gomesa emilii'' <small>(Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa fischeri'' <small>Regel</small> *''Gomesa flexuosa'' <small>(G.Lodd.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa florida'' <small>(Vell.) Meneguzzo</small> *''Gomesa foliosa'' <small>(Hook.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.</small> *''Gomesa forbesii'' <small>(Hook.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa fuscans'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa fuscopetala'' <small>(Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa gardneri'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa glaziovii'' <small>Cogn.</small> *''Gomesa gomezoides'' <small>(Barb.Rodr.) Pabst</small> *''Gomesa gracilis'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa gravesiana'' <small>(Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa gutfreundiana'' <small>(Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa handroi'' <small>(Hoehne) Pabst</small> *''Gomesa herzogii'' <small>(Schltr.) Lückel</small> *''Gomesa hookeri'' <small>(Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa hydrophila'' <small>(Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa insignis'' <small>(Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa itapetingensis'' <small>(V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa jucunda'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa kautskyi'' <small>(Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa kleinii'' <small>Szlach., Chiron & Kolan.</small> *''Gomesa leinigii'' <small>(Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa lietzei'' <small>(Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa loefgrenii'' <small>(Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa longipes'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa macropetala'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa maculosa'' <small>(Lindl.) Meneguzzo</small> *''Gomesa majevskyae'' <small>(Toscano & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa mantiqueirensis'' <small>(Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa marshalliana'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa martiana'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa messmeriana'' <small>(Campacci) Laitano</small> *''Gomesa meyerae'' <small>(V.P.Castro & P.Blaha) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa microphyta'' <small>(Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa micropogon'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa neoparanaensis'' <small>M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa nitida'' <small>(Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa novaesiae'' <small>(Ruschi) Fraga & A.P.Fontana</small> *''Gomesa ottonis'' <small>(Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw & M.Giannak.</small> *''Gomesa ouricanensis'' <small>(V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa pabstii'' <small>(Campacci & C.Espejo) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa paranaensis'' <small>Kraenzl.</small> *''Gomesa paranapiacabensis'' <small>(Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa paranensoides'' <small>M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa pardoglossa'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa pectoralis'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa petropolitana'' <small>(Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa planifolia'' <small>(Lindl.) Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.</small> *''Gomesa polyodonta'' <small>(Kraenzl.) Meneguzzo</small> *''Gomesa praetexta'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa pubes'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa pulchella'' <small>(Regel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa radicans'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa ramosa'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa ranifera'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa recurva'' <small>R.Br.</small> *''Gomesa reducta'' <small>(Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa reichertii'' <small>(L.C.Menezes & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa riograndensis'' <small>(Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa riviereana'' <small>(Wibier) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa rupestris'' <small>(Docha Neto) Lückel</small> *''Gomesa salesopolitana'' <small>(V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa sarcodes'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa sellowii'' <small>(Cogn.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa sessilis'' <small>Barb.Rodr.</small> *''Gomesa silvana'' <small>(V.P.Castro & Campacci) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa sincorana'' <small>(Campacci & Cath.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa tapiraiensis'' <small>(Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa ternata'' <small>(Vell.) Campacci</small> *''Gomesa uhlii'' <small>(Chiron & V.P.Castro) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa uniflora'' <small>(Booth ex Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa varicosa'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa vasconcelosiana'' <small>(Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa velteniana'' <small>(V.P.Castro & Chiron) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa venusta'' <small>(Drapiez) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa viperina'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa warmingii'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa welteri'' <small>(Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa widgrenii'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> *''Gomesa williamsii'' <small>(Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small>
===Natural hybrids=== *''Gomesa'' × ''amicta'' <small>(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> = ''Gomes lietzei'' × ''Gomesa sarcodes'' *''Gomesa'' × ''colnagoi'' <small>(Pabst) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> = ''Gomesa forbesii'' × ''Gomesa zappii'' *''Gomesa'' × ''francacesari'' <small>(Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa'' × ''lita'' <small>(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> = ''Gomes forbesii'' × ''Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani'' *''Gomesa'' × ''roczonii'' <small>(Leinig) Meneguzzo</small> *''Gomesa'' × ''scullyi'' <small>(Pabst & A.F.Mello) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams</small> = ''Gomes gardneri'' × ''Gomesa gravesiana'' *''Gomesa'' × ''stanleyi'' <small>(Rolfe) J.M.H.Shaw</small> *''Gomesa'' × ''terassaniana'' <small>(Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw</small> = ''Gomes blanchetii'' × ''Gomesa sarcodes''
== See also == * List of Orchidaceae genera
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{aut|Brown, R.}} (1815) Botanical Magazine 42: t. 1748. * {{aut| Berg Pana, H.}} 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart * {{aut|Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N.}} (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 271 ff. Oxford University Press. * {{aut|Chase, M.W. et al}} (2009) Floral convergence in Oncidiinae (Cymbidieae; Orchidaceae): an expanded concept of Gomesa and a new genus Nohawilliamsia, Annals of Botany, 104 (3): 387–402.
== External links == *{{Commons-inline|italic=1}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Gomesa|''Gomesa''}}
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