Brassia is a genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species extending into Florida.
Ponthieva is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), commonly known as the shadow witch. They are named after Henry de Ponthieu, an English merchant of Huguenot ancestry who sent West Indian plant collections to Sir Joseph Banks in 1778.
Stenia is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It was established by John Lindley in 1837. These epiphytic plants occur in warm, humid habitats of Trinidad and the Amazonian slope of the northern Andean region in South America.
Cycnoches, abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. Also called "swan orchids", they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.
Rodriguezia, abbreviated Rdza. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of 49 known species, native to tropical America from southern Mexico and the Windward Islands south to Argentina, with many of the species endemic to Brazil.
Polycycnis, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Pcn, is a genus of orchid, comprising 17 species found in Central America, and northern South America.
Baskervilla is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 10 species native to Central America and South America.
Benzingia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to mountains of Central America and northwestern South America from Costa Rica to Peru.
Chaubardia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 3 recognized species, all endemic to South America.
Cischweinfia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It was named after Harvard orchidologist Charles Schweinfurth. It has eleven currently recognized species, all native to Central America and northwestern South America.
Coccineorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 7 accepted species, native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
- Coccineorchis bracteosa(Ames & C.Schweinf.) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador
- Coccineorchis cernua(Lindl.) Garay - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Coccineorchis cristataSzlach., Rutk. & Mytnik - Panama
- Coccineorchis dressleriSzlach., Rutk. & Mytnik - Panama
- Coccineorchis navarrensis(Ames) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia
- Coccineorchis standleyi(Ames) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras
- Coccineorchis warszewiczianaSzlach. - Costa Rica
Crossoglossa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 26 currently recognized species native to Central America and South America, from Nicaragua to Bolivia.
- Crossoglossa acuminatissimaNog.-Sav. & Carnevali - Colombia
- Crossoglossa aurantilineataPupulin - Costa Rica
- Crossoglossa barfodiiDodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa bifidaDressler - Panama
- Crossoglossa blephariglottis(Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica
- Crossoglossa boyleiDodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa caulescens(Lindl.) Dodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa dalessandroi(Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa dalstroemii(Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa dodsoniiR.Vásquez - Bolivia
- Crossoglossa ellipticaDressler - Panama
- Crossoglossa eustachys(Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica
- Crossoglossa exigua(Garay) Nog.-Sav. & G.A.Romero - Colombia
- Crossoglossa fratrum(Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
- Crossoglossa hirtziiDodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa kalbreyeriana(Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz - Colombia
- Crossoglossa liparidoides(Finet) Dodson - Ecuador, Peru
- Crossoglossa longissima(Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz - Colombia
- Crossoglossa nanegalensisDodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa neirynckianaSzlach. & Marg. - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa pichinchae(Schltr.) Dodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa polyblephara(Schltr.) Dodson - Colombia
- Crossoglossa sotoanaPupulin & Karremans - Costa Rica
- Crossoglossa steinii(Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
- Crossoglossa tipuloides(Lindl.) Dodson - Colombia
- Crossoglossa topoensis(Mansf.) Dodson - Ecuador
Eloyella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 10 known species, native to Panama and to northern South America:
- Eloyella antioquiensis(P.Ortiz) P.Ortiz - Colombia
- Eloyella bifidaD.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
- Eloyella cundinamarcae(P.Ortiz) P.Ortiz - Colombia
- Eloyella dalstroemiiDodson - Ecuador
- Eloyella jostiiDodson & Dalström - Ecuador
- Eloyella mendietaeDodson & L.Jost - Ecuador
- Eloyella panamensis(Dressler) Dodson - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador
- Eloyella thieniiDodson - Ecuador
- Eloyella thiviiSenghas - Bolivia
- Eloyella werneriDodson & Dalström - Ecuador
Fernandezia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 30-40 species, native to northern South America, Central America, and southern Mexico.
Kefersteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has about 40-50 species, widespread across much of Latin America. The genus was named for Keferstein of Kröllwitz, an orchidologist.
Mesadenella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 7 known species, native to Mexico, Central America and South America:
- Mesadenella angustisegmentaGaray – Venezuela, Ecuador
- Mesadenella atroviridis(Barb.Rodr.) Garay – Brazil
- Mesadenella cuspidata(Lindl.) Garay – from Colombia east to Guyana and south to Argentina
- Mesadenella meeaeR.J.V.Alves – Brazil
- Mesadenella peruvianaGaray – Peru
- Mesadenella tonduzii(Schltr.) Pabst & Garay – from southern Mexico south to Nicaragua; also Pará region of Brazil
- Mesadenella variegataD.E.Benn. & Christenson – Peru
Palmorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.
- Palmorchis caxiuanensisRocha, S.S.Almeida & Freitas - Pará
- Palmorchis colombianaGaray - Colombia
- Palmorchis deceptoriusVeyret & Szlach. - Colombia
- Palmorchis duckeiHoehne - Brazil
- Palmorchis eidaeDressler - Costa Rica
- Palmorchis guianensis(Schltr.) C.Schweinf. & Correll - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas
- Palmorchis imuyaensisDodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador
- Palmorchis lobulata(Mansf.) C.Schweinf. & Correll - French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru
- Palmorchis nitidaDressler - Costa Rica, Panama
- Palmorchis pabstiiVeyret - French Guiana
- Palmorchis paludicolaDressler - Costa Rica
- Palmorchis pandurataC.Schweinf. & Correll - Ecuador
- Palmorchis powellii(Ames) C.Schweinf. & Correll - Costa Rica, Panama
- Palmorchis prospectorumVeyret - French Guiana, Suriname
- Palmorchis puber(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil, Venezuela
- Palmorchis pubescentisBarb.Rodr. - French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad
- Palmorchis silvicolaL.O.Williams - Costa Rica, Ecuador
- Palmorchis sobralioidesBarb.Rodr. - Ecuador, Brazil
- Palmorchis sordidaDressler - Costa Rica
- Palmorchis trilobulataL.O.Williams - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Suriname, Ecuador
- Palmorchis trinotataDressler - Panama
Plectrophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central and South America.
Sarcoglottis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.
Chondroscaphe is a genus of orchids native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.
- Chondroscaphe amabilis(Schltr.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Ecuador, Colombia
- Chondroscaphe atrilinguisDressler - Costa Rica, Panama
- Chondroscaphe bicolor(Rolfe) Dressler - Costa Rica, Panama
- Chondroscaphe chestertonii(Rchb.f.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Ecuador, Colombia
- Chondroscaphe dabeibaensisP.A.Harding - Colombia
- Chondroscaphe eburnea(Dressler) Dressler - Panama
- Chondroscaphe embreei(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Ecuador, Colombia
- Chondroscaphe escobariana(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Colombia
- Chondroscaphe flaveola(Linden & Rchb.f.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru
- Chondroscaphe gentryi(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Ecuador
- Chondroscaphe merana(Dodson & Neudecker) Dressler - Ecuador
- Chondroscaphe plicata(D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler - Peru
- Chondroscaphe venezuelanaPupulin & Dressler - Venezuela
- Chondroscaphe yamilethaePupulin - Costa Rica
