| Ombrophytum | |
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| Ombrophytum peruvianum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Balanophoraceae |
| Genus: | Ombrophytum Poepp. ex Endl. |
Ombrophytum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Balanophoraceae. [1]
Its native range is Southern Tropical America. [1]
Species: [1]
Sechium was a genus of plants now subsumed into the genus Sicyos: also placed in the tribe Sicyoeae of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member was the edible and widely cultivated chayote.
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Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae. Mutisia has been named after José Celestino Mutis. It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Helicostylis is a genus of flowering plants in the mulberry family, Moraceae. It includes eight species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Costa Rica to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil.
Neea is a genus of plants in family Nyctaginaceae from the Caribbean region, Central and South America. Members of the genus are commonly called Nia, Neea, or saltwood.
Perebea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. It includes ten species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia and central Brazil.
Pseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America. They are known in Latin America as lechechiva and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine.
Tocoyena is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae.
Masdevallia bicolor is a South American species of Masd in the family Orchidaceae. It is found from Western South America to Northwestern Venezuela.
Scaphyglottis conferta is a species of orchid endemic to Peru.
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Oriastrum is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, found in western South America. It is placed in the tribe Mutisieae.
Maquira is a genus of trees in the family Moraceae, native to South America.
Ochetophila is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to Chile and Argentina. The species in this genus are actinorhizal plants.
Sphyrospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Adolphoduckea maynensis is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree native to tropical South America, including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Northern Brazil. It is the sole species in genus Adolphoduckea.
Antidaphne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae.
Lophophytum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Balanophoraceae.
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