Syagrus is a genus of Arecaceae (palms), native to South America, with one species endemic to the Lesser Antilles. The genus is closely related to the Cocos, or coconut genus, and many Syagrus species produce edible seeds similar to the coconut.
Octomeria is a plant genus belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The genus comprises about 150 species native to the Neotropics, mostly in Brazil.
Pleurothallopsis is a genus of orchids comprising about 18 species native to western South America and southern Central America.
Laeliinae is a Neotropical subtribe including 40 orchid genera, such as Brassavola, Laelia and Cattleya. The genus Epidendrum is the largest within this subtribe, containing about 1500 species. This is followed by the genus Encyclia, with over 120 species.
Acianthera is a genus of orchids native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere, especially Brazil. It was first described in 1842 but was not widely recognized until recently. Most of the species were formerly placed under Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera. This splitting is a result of recent DNA sequencing.
Anathallis is a genus of orchids, comprising about 97 species native to Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.
Cyrtopodium, often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina. Cyrtopodium is the only genus in the monotypic subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.
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.
Encyclia oncidioides is a species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of E. oncidioides has been determined as 2n = 40.
Encyclia patens is a species of orchid native to east and south Brazil. Encyclia flava is a synonym of Encyclia patens var. patens.
Capanemia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 recognized species, all from South America:
- Capanemia adelaidaePorto & Brade - Brazil
- Capanemia brachycion(Griseb.) Schltr. - Rio Grande do Sul, northern and eastern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Capanemia carinataBarb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais, São Paulo
- Capanemia gehrtiiHoehne - Brazil
- Capanemia micromeraBarb.Rodr. - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Capanemia paranaensisSchltr. - Paraná
- Capanemia pygmaea(Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Brazil, probably extinct
- Capanemia superflua(Rchb.f.) Garay - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
- Capanemia theresaeBarb.Rodr. - Brazil
Centroglossa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 accepted species, all endemic to Brazil:
- Centroglossa castellensisBrade - Espírito Santo
- Centroglossa greeniana(Rchb.f.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
- Centroglossa macrocerasBarb.Rodr.
- Centroglossa nunes-limaePorto & Brade - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
- Centroglossa tripollinica(Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.
Constantia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 known species, all endemic to Brazil:
- Constantia australis(Cogn.) Porto & Brade - Santa Catarina
- Constantia cipoensisPorto & Brade - Minas Gerais
- Constantia cristinaeF.E.L.Miranda - Minas Gerais
- Constantia gutfreundianaChiron & V.P.Castro - Minas Gerais
- Constantia microscopicaF.E.L.Miranda - Minas Gerais
- Constantia rupestrisBarb.Rodr. - Rio de Janeiro
Lankesterella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is found mostly in South America, with a few species extending north into Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.
Phymatidium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
- Phymatidium aquinoiSchltr. - Brazil
- Phymatidium delicatulumLindl. - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
- Phymatidium falcifoliumLindl. - Brazil
- Phymatidium geiseliiRuschi - Espírito Santo
- Phymatidium glazioviiToscano - Rio de Janeiro
- Phymatidium hysteranthumBarb.Rodr. - Brazil
- Phymatidium limaePorto & Brade - Rio de Janeiro
- Phymatidium mellobarretoiL.O.Williams & Hoehne - Brazil
- Phymatidium microphyllum(Barb.Rodr.) Toscano - Brazil
- Phymatidium vogeliiPabst - São Paulo
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.
Alex Drum Hawkes (1927–1977) was an American botanist and cookbook author who lived in Coconut Grove, Florida & Kingston, Jamaica. Alex specialized in orchids, bromeliads, palm trees, fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Named the orchid genera Flickingeria, and Paraphalaenopsis and travelled the world extensively, particularly the Caribbean & Latin America during the 1940s - 1970s collecting plants and authentic regional recipes.
Encyclia advena is a species of epiphytic orchid, native to Atlantic forests in Brazil.
