Stanhopea is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) from Central and South America. The abbreviation used in horticultural trade is Stan. The genus is named for the 4th Earl of Stanhope (1781-1855), president of the Medico-Botanical Society of London (1829-1837). It comprises 55 species and 5 natural hybrids. These epiphytic, but occasionally terrestrial orchids can be found in damp forests from Mexico to Trinidad to NW Argentina. Their ovate pseudobulbs carry from the top one long, plicate, elliptic leaf.
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.
Schomburgkia was a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. This genus was named for Richard Schomburgk, a German botanist who explored British Guiana during the 19th century. Former species of this genus were either epiphytic or lithophytic in their growth habit. According to the Royal Horticultural Society Schom. was the official abbreviation for this genus.
Microchilus is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
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.
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.
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.
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
Elleanthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. They are commonly known as tiger orchid. All the species are native to the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere.
Funkiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae native to Mexico and Central America.
- Funkiella hyemalis(A.Rich. & Galeotti) Schltr - from central Mexico to Guatemala
- Funkiella laxispica(Catling) Salazar & Soto Arenas - Oaxaca
- Funkiella parasitica(A.Rich. & Galeotti) Salazar & Soto Arenas - from central Mexico to Costa Rica
- Funkiella stolonifera(Ames & Correll) Garay - Chiapas, Guatemala
- Funkiella tenella(L.O.Williams) Szlach. - Chihuahua, Durango
- Funkiella valerioi(Ames & C.Schweinf.) Salazar & Soto Arenas - Costa Rica, Guatemala
- Funkiella versiformisSzlach. - Costa Rica
Hapalorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
- Hapalorchis cymbirostrisSzlach. - Rio de Janeiro
- Hapalorchis lindleyanaGaray - Rio de Janeiro
- Hapalorchis lineata(Lindl.) Schltr. - widespread from Guatemala east to Puerto Rico and south to Brazil
- Hapalorchis longirostrisSchltr. - Colombia
- Hapalorchis neglectaSzlach. & Rutk. - Ecuador
- Hapalorchis pandurataSzlach. - Rio de Janeiro
- Hapalorchis piesikiiSzlach. & Rutk. - Colombia
- Hapalorchis pumila(C.Schweinf.) Garay - Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru
- Hapalorchis stellarisSzlach. - Rio Grande do Sul
- Hapalorchis trilobataSchltr. - Colombia
Koellensteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach for the Captain Carl Kellner von Koellenstein, an Austrian military officer and a botanical correspondent of Reichenbach.
Psilochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies.
- Psilochilus carinatusGaray - Colombia
- Psilochilus dusenianusKraenzl. ex Garay & Dunst. - Venezuela, Brazil
- Psilochilus macrophyllus(Lindl.) Ames - widespread from central Mexico and the West indies south to Peru
- Psilochilus maderoi(Schltr.) Schltr. - Colombia
- Psilochilus modestusBarb.Rodr. - Venezuela, Brazil
- Psilochilus mollisGaray - Ecuador
- Psilochilus physurifolius(Rchb.f.) Løjtnant - Venezuela, Guyana
- Psilochilus vallecaucanusKolan. & Szlach. - Colombia
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.
Schiedeella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere: Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with one species (S. arizonica) in the southwestern United States.
Systeloglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.
- Systeloglossum acuminatumAmes & C.Schweinf. - Costa Rica, Panama
- Systeloglossum bennettii(Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Peru
- Systeloglossum costaricenseSchltr. - Peru
- Systeloglossum ecuadorense(Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Ecuador
- Systeloglossum panamenseDressler & N.H.Williams - Panama
