Aa is a genus of plants of the family Orchidaceae.
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 Oncidiinae subtribe. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species extending into Florida.
Barbosella is a genus of mostly creeping orchids. The genus has about 20 species, widespread across the West Indies and Latin America from Mexico and the Lesser Antilles to Argentina. Named after João Barbosa Rodrigues, an investigator of Brazilian orchids. They have solitary flowers with a unique lip base that works like a ball and socket.
Ponthieva is a genus form the orchid family (Orchidaceae). 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.
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.
Teuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.
Polycycnis, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Pcn, is a genus of orchid, comprising 17 species found in Central America, and northern South America.
- Polycycnis acutilobaSchltr. - Colombia
- Polycycnis annectansDressler - Ecuador
- Polycycnis auritaDressler - Ecuador, Colombia
- Polycycnis barbata(Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras
- Polycycnis blancoiG.Gerlach - Costa Rica
- Polycycnis escobarianaG.Gerlach - Colombia
- Polycycnis gratiosaEndrés & Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica
- Polycycnis grayiDodson - Ecuador
- Polycycnis lehmanniiRolfe - Colombia
- Polycycnis lepidaLinden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
- Polycycnis muscifera(Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
- Polycycnis pfisteriSenghas, Tagges & G.Gerlach - Colombia
- Polycycnis silvanaF.Barros - Bahia
- Polycycnis surinamensisC.Schweinf - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Suriname, Guyana
- Polycycnis tortuosaDressler - Panama
- Polycycnis trulliferaD.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
- Polycycnis villegasianaG.Gerlach - Colombia
Sievekingia is a genus of orchid, comprising 20 species found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia.
Baskervilla is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists or 10 species native to Central America and South America
- Baskervilla assurgensLindl. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Baskervilla auriculataGaray - Ecuador, Bolivia
- Baskervilla bolivianaT.Hashim - Bolivia
- Baskervilla colombianaGaray - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
- Baskervilla leptanthaDressler - Costa Rica
- Baskervilla machupicchuensisNauray & Christenson - Peru
- Baskervilla paranaensis(Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Brazil
- Baskervilla pastasaeGaray - Ecuador
- Baskervilla stenopetalaDressler - Panama
- Baskervilla venezuelanaGaray & Dunst. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
Cischweinfia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It was named after Harvard orchidologist Charles Schweinfurth. It has eleven currently recognized species, all native to Central America and northwestern South America.
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
Eltroplectris, the long-claw orchid, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, the West Indies, and Florida.
- Eltroplectris assumpcaoanaCampacci & Kautsky - Brazil
- Eltroplectris brachycentronSzlach. -Bolivia
- Eltroplectris calcarata(Sw.) Garay & H.R.Sweet - Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
- Eltroplectris cogniauxiana(Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil
- Eltroplectris dalessandroiDodson - Ecuador
- Eltroplectris janeirensis(Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil
- Eltroplectris kuhlmanniana(Hoehne) Szlach. & Rutk. in P.Rutkowski, D.L.Szlachetko & M.Górniak - Brazil
- Eltroplectris longicornu(Cogn.) Pabst - Brazil
- Eltroplectris macrophylla(Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil
- Eltroplectris misera(Kraenzl.) Szlach. - Brazil
- Eltroplectris rossiiDodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador
- Eltroplectris schlechteriana(Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
- Eltroplectris triloba(Lindl.) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
Warrea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has three known species, all native to Latin America.
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.
Maxillariella is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, the West Indies, South America and Central America.
- Maxillariella acervata(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
- Maxillariella alba(Hook.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - southern Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Jamaica, South America as far south as Bolivia
- Maxillariella anceps(Ames & C.Schweinf.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Chiapas, Central America
- Maxillariella appendiculoides(C.Schweinf.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Costa Rica, Ecuador
- Maxillariella brevifolia(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Maxillariella caespitifica(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - widespread from Honduras east to the Guianas and south to Peru
- Maxillariella cassapensis(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Maxillariella caucana(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Colombia
- Maxillariella cobanensis(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
- Maxillariella costaricensis(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Costa Rica
- Maxillariella curtipes(Hook.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Costa Rica, Guatemala
- Maxillariella densifolia(Poepp. & Endl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
- Maxillariella diuturna(Ames & C.Schweinf.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
- Maxillariella elatior(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - from Oaxaca and Veracruz south to Costa Rica
- Maxillariella estradae(Dodson) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella funicaulis(C.Schweinf.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella graminifolia(Kunth) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Maxillariella guareimensis(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Venezuela, Ecuador
- Maxillariella houtteana(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - from central Mexico south to Honduras
- Maxillariella infausta(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Peru
- Maxillariella lawrenceana(Rolfe) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Venezuela, Colombia
- Maxillariella linearifolia(Ames & C.Schweinf.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador
- Maxillariella longibracteata(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella microdendron(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Ecuador
- Maxillariella nitidula(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella oreocharis(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
- Maxillariella paradesiorumArchila & Chiron - Guatemala
- Maxillariella pardalina(Garay) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella pastensis(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Colombia, Ecuador
- Maxillariella ponerantha(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Maxillariella procurrens(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella prolifera(Sw.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Jamaica
- Maxillariella punctata(Ruiz & Pav.) Pupulin - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Maxillariella purpurata(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella robusta(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Brazil
- Maxillariella sanguinea(Rolfe) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Costa Rica, Panama
- Maxillariella spilotantha(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella stictantha(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Ecuador
- Maxillariella tenuifolia(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - from central Mexico south to Costa Rica
- Maxillariella tuerckheimii(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
- Maxillariella variabilis(Bateman ex Lindl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela
- Maxillariella vinosa(Rolfe) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - probably extinct; described from specimens grown in a garden in England in 1899, origin unknown; never found in the wild since then
- Maxillariella vulcanica(F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Ecuador, Peru
- Maxillariella xanthorhoda(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Peru
- Maxillariella × yucatanensis(Carnevali & R.Jiménez) M.A.Blanco & Carnevali - Yucatán Peninsula (M. tenuifolia × M. variabilis)
Rhetinantha is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, South America and Central America.
- Rhetinantha aciantha(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
- Rhetinantha acuminata(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Rhetinantha cerifera(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
- Rhetinantha divaricata(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
- Rhetinantha encyclioides(J.T.Atwood & Dodson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador
- Rhetinantha friedrichsthalii(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Central America, Yucatán Peninsula
- Rhetinantha mariaisabeliae(J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco - Bolivia
- Rhetinantha monacensis(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia
- Rhetinantha neilii(Dodson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador
- Rhetinantha notylioglossa(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
- Rhetinantha ophiodens(J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco - Bolivia
- Rhetinantha pastorellii(D.E.Benn. & Christenson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador, Peru
- Rhetinantha schistostele(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco - Costa Rica
- Rhetinantha scorpioidea(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
- Rhetinantha witsenioides(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru