Acidoton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is native to the Greater Antilles, Central America, and tropical South America.
Ocotea cuneifolia is a species of tree in the family Lauraceae that is native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Passiflora trochlearis is a species of plant in the family Passifloraceae. It is endemic to the coastal lowlands of Ecuador. It is named after its purple trochlea which stands out from its light green androgynophore.
Bambusa tulda, or Indian timber bamboo, is considered to be one of the most useful of bamboo species. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Tibet, and Yunnan, and naturalized in Iraq, Puerto Rico, and parts of South America.
Cardionema ramosissimum is a perennial plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, commonly known as sandcarpet, sandmat or tread lightly. It is a small, clumping, mat-forming plant found in a number of diverse habitats throughout its range, from sandy beaches and dunes to the high elevations of the Andes mountains. Cardionema ramosissimum has a disjunct distribution throughout the Americas, and is found on the Pacific coast of North America from Puget Sound to Baja California, in central Mexico, and widely across South America, from the Andes in Colombia to most of Argentina.
Ismene, or Peruvian daffodil, is a genus of South American plants in the Amaryllis family. The species are native to Peru and Ecuador and widely cultivated elsewhere as ornamentals because of their large, showy flowers.
Bambusa oldhamii, known as giant timber bamboo or Oldham's bamboo, is a large species of bamboo. It is the most common and widely grown bamboo in the United States and has been introduced into cultivation around the world. It is densely foliated, growing up to 20 metres tall in good conditions, and can have a diameter of up to 10 centimetres.
Bidens laevis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names larger bur-marigold and smooth beggarticks. It is native to South America, Mexico, and the southern and eastern United States. It grows in wetlands, including estuaries and riverbanks.
Ponthieva racemosa, commonly called the hairy shadow witch or racemose ponthieva, is a species of orchid found from the southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America as far south as Bolivia.
Fulcaldea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.
Callaeum antifebrile is a South American jungle vine of the family Malpighiaceae which occurs predominantly throughout the Upper Amazon basin, and less frequently along the Lower Amazon. Occasionally a component in ayahuasca decoctions, it is used as a folk medicine in some parts of Brazil, often as an antifebrile (anti-fever) remedy.
Stenomesson is a genus of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. All the species are native to western South America.
Bunchosia armeniaca is a species in the family Malpighiaceae native to northwestern South America. Common names include cansaboca, ciruela de fraile, guaimaro, indano, and cold-earth mamey. Its Kichwa name is usuma.
Masdevallia goliath is a species of epiphytic orchid native to northeastern Peru and southeastern Ecuador but is cultivated as an ornamental elsewhere. It grows in nature in cloud forests at elevations over 1500 m.
Cissus anisophylla is a plant species known from lowland rainforests of Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Carex porrecta is a plant species known from Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. It is found in humid forests at elevations of 1,600–2,600 metres (5,200–8,500 ft).
Borrichia peruviana is a Peruvian species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial herb up to 150 cm tall. Flower heads are yellow, with both disc florets and ray florets.
Brickellia diffusa is a Latin American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of South America, Central America, Mexico, Galápagos, and the West Indies. Its distribution stretches from Sonora and Tamaulipas in northern Mexico to Jujuy in northern Argentina.
Chromolaena squalida is a South American species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname.
Tagetes filifolia is a New World species of marigolds in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from northern Mexico to Argentina. Common name is Irish lace despite the fact that the plant does not grow in Ireland.
