Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of cosmos, consisting of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
Salvinia, a genus in the family Salviniaceae, is a floating fern named in honor of Anton Maria Salvini, a 17th-century Italian scientist. Watermoss is a common name for Salvinia. The genus was published in 1754 by Jean-François Séguier, in his description of the plants found round Verona, Plantae Veronenses Twelve species are recognized, at least three of which are believed to be hybrids, in part because their sporangia are found to be empty.
Nymphoides, or floatingheart, is a genus of aquatic flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae. The genus name refers to their resemblance to the water lily Nymphaea. Nymphoides are aquatic plants with submerged roots and floating leaves that hold the small flowers above the water surface. Flowers are sympetalous, most often divided into five lobes (petals). The petals are either yellow or white, and may be adorned with lateral wings or covered in small hairs. The inflorescence consists of either an umbellate cluster of flowers or a lax raceme, with internodes occurring between generally paired flowers.
Lejeuneaceae is the largest family of liverworts. Most of its members are epiphytes found in the tropics, while others can be found in temperate regions.
Oreopanax is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Araliaceae, comprising circa 85 species native to the Americas.
Piper aduncum, the spiked pepper, matico, hierba del soldado, achotlín, cordoncillo, higuillo or higuillo de hoja menuda, is a flowering plant in the family Piperaceae. Like many species in the family, the matico tree has a peppery odor. It grows wild on the coasts and in the forests of Central and South America and in the Interandean Valleys, up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above sea level.
Plagiocheilus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is now classified in tribe Astereae, but used to be placed with the Anthemideae.
Luteolejeunea is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae. It contains the following species :
Molendoa is a genus of moss in family Pottiaceae.
Rollinia herzogii is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It occurs in Bolivia and Peru.
Araujia is a small genus of perennial vines in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1817. The group is native to South America.
- Araujia angustifolia(Hook. & Arn.) Steud. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
- Araujia graveolens(Lindl.) Mast. - Brazil
- Araujia herzogii(Schltr.) Fontella & Goyder - Bolivia
- Araujia hortorumE.Fourn. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
- Araujia megapotamica(Spreng.) G.Don - Brazil, Uruguay, NE Argentina
- Araujia plumosaSchltr. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, NW Argentina
- Araujia sericiferaBrot. - white bladderflower, cruel vine - Peru, Brazil; naturalized in parts of South Africa + United States
- Araujia stuckertiana(Kurtz ex Heger) Fontella & Goyder - Cordoba in Argentina
- Araujia subhastataE.Fourn. - Brazil
Dimerostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It now includes all the species in the former genus Angelphytum as the two were merged in 2007.
Isostigma is a genus of South American flowering plants in the daisy family.
Puya herzogii is a species in the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.
Theodor Carl (Karl) Julius Herzog was a German bryologist and phytogeographer. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Herz. when citing a botanical name.
Morrenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to South America.
Pityrogramma, the silverback ferns, or goldback ferns, is a fern genus in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae.
Polyphlebium is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 but not by some other sources.
Weberbauera is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae, native to the central Andes; Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina.
Acianthera herzogii is a species of orchid native to Bolivia and Argentina.
