Dimerandra
Introduction '''''Dimerandra''''', abbreviated Dmd. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The group is found across tropical America: southern Mexico (as far north as Veracruz), Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.
Species Kew, in its World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, has accepted 8 species in this genus:# ''Dmd. buenaventurae'' Kraenzl. Siegerist (1986) - Colombia# ''Dmd. carnosiflora''  Siegerist (1986) - Brazil, Peru# ''Dmd. elegans''  (Focke) Siegerist (1986) - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Trinidad, Suriname, Guyana, French Guinea # ''Dmd. emarginata''  (G.Mey.) Hoehne (1934) 2''n'' = 40 - southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, northern South America# ''Dmd. latipetala''  Siegerist (1986) - Colombia, Central America# ''Dmd. rimbachii''  (Schltr.) Schltr. (1922) - Ecuador# ''Dmd. stenopetala''  (Hook.) Schltr. (1922) 2''n'' = 40 - Jamaica, Trinidad, northern South America# ''Dmd. tarapotana''  Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) - Peru
See also * List of Orchidaceae genera
References and external links * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1.Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2.Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3.Oxford Univ. Press* Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart