Aspidosperma macrocarpon is a timber tree native to Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru. It is common in Cerrado vegetation. It has a self-supporting growth form with simple, broad leaves. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and it is useful for beekeeping. Individual plants can grow up to 25 m.
Hancornia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to South America. It contains only one known species, Hancornia speciosa, commonly called mangabeira, which produces fruits known as mangabas.
Billbergia pyramidalis, commonly known as the flaming torch and foolproof plant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to northern South America and parts of the Caribbean. It was first described by John Sims, and got its current name by John Lindley.
Hohenbergia stellata is a perennial species of the genus Hohenbergia. It is native to Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela, and northeastern Brazil.
Cyrtopodium hatschbachii is a species of orchid. It is native to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
Eulophia alta is a species of orchid, known as the wild coco. It is widespread across tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, as well as the southeastern United States.
Govenia utriculata is a species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies, from Mexico and Puerto Rico south to Argentina.
Octomeria crassifolia is a species of orchid found from eastern Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Dyckia leptostachya is a plant species in the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Aechmea aquilega is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad, Jamaica and Costa Rica.
Aechmea castelnavii is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Costa Rica and northern South America.
Aechmea bocainensis is a species of plant in the genus Aechmea. This species is endemic to Brazil, found in the States of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Aechmea caesia is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is endemic to the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Trizeuxis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Trizeuxis falcata, native to the American Tropics.
Brasiliorchis is a genus of orchid. The genus includes species formerly placed in Maxillaria. It is found in South America.
Brasiliorchis picta is a species of plant in the orchid family native to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
Habenaria repens, commonly called the water-spider bog orchid or the floating orchid, is an orchid species widespread across Latin America from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina, as well as in the Southeastern United States from Texas and Oklahoma east to Florida and the Carolinas plus an isolated population in Virginia.
Cyclopogon elatus is a species of terrestrial orchids. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico and Belize to Argentina, as well as in the West Indies and southern Florida.
Eltroplectris calcarata, the longclaw orchid, is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is native to Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Diploon is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1946.
