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.
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.
Warmingia is a genus of orchids belonging to the subfamily Epidendroideae within the family Orchidaceae. It has four species, native to South and Central America.
Capanemia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 recognized species, all from South America:
- Capanemia adelaidaePorto & Brade - Brazil
- Capanemia brachycion(Griseb.) Schltr. - Rio Grande do Sul, northern and eastern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Capanemia carinataBarb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais, São Paulo
- Capanemia gehrtiiHoehne - Brazil
- Capanemia micromeraBarb.Rodr. - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Capanemia paranaensisSchltr. - Paraná
- Capanemia pygmaea(Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Brazil, probably extinct
- Capanemia superflua(Rchb.f.) Garay - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
- Capanemia theresaeBarb.Rodr. - Brazil
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.
Triphora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and eastern North America as far north as Ontario. Noddingcaps is a common name for plants in this genus.
- Triphora amazonicaSchltr. - Florida, Caribbean, south to Brazil
- Triphora carnosula(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil
- Triphora craigheadiiLuer - Florida
- Triphora debilis(Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
- Triphora duckeiSchltr. - Brazil
- Triphora foldatsiiCarnevali - Venezuela
- Triphora gentianoides(Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr. - Florida, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Veenzuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bahamas, Greater Antilles
- Triphora hassleriana(Cogn. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Schltr. - from Mexico to Argentina
- Triphora heringeriPabst - Brazil
- Triphora miserrima(Cogn.) Acuña - Cuba, Hispaniola
- Triphora nitida(Schltr.) Schltr. - Costa Rica
- Triphora pusilla(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Brazil
- Triphora ravenii(L.O.Williams) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama
- Triphora santamariensisPortalet - Brazil
- Triphora surinamensis(Lindl. ex Benth.) Britton - West Indies south to Brazil
- Triphora trianthophora(Sw.) Rydb. Ontario, Eastern United States, much of Mexico
- Triphora unifloraA.W.C.Ferreira, Baptista & Pansarin - Brazil
- Triphora wagneriSchltr. - from Mexico to Ecuador
- Triphora yucatanensisAmes - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula
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.
Lankesterella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is found mostly in South America, with a few species extending north into Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.
Ligeophila is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
- Ligeophila amazonicaGaray - Venezuela
- Ligeophila bicornuta(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil
- Ligeophila clavigera(Rchb.f.) Garay - from southern Mexico to central Brazil
- Ligeophila gavilanensisOrmerod & G.A.Romero - Venezuela
- Ligeophila jamesoniiGaray - Colombia, Ecuador
- Ligeophila juruenensis(Hoehne) Garay - from Venezuela and Suriname south to Argentina
- Ligeophila luteaGaray - Ecuador
- Ligeophila macarenaeOrmerod - Colombia
- Ligeophila rosea(Lindl.) Garay - from Colombia south to Argentina
- Ligeophila stigmatoptera(Rchb.f.) Garay - Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil BZN
- Ligeophila umbraticolaGaray - - Colombia, Brazil, Peru
- Ligeophila unicornisOrmerod - Venezuela
Mesadenus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 currently recognized species, native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, Brazil and Florida.
- Mesadenus chiangii(M.C.Johnst.) Garay - Coahuila
- Mesadenus glaziovii(Cogn.) Schltr. - Rio de Janeiro
- Mesadenus lucayanus(Britton) Schltr. - widespread across Mexico, Florida, Guatemala, West Indies
- Mesadenus polyanthus(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Mexico, Belize
- Mesadenus rhombiglossus(Pabst) Garay - Minas Gerais
- Mesadenus tenuissimus(L.O.Williams) Garay - Morelos
Plectrophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central and South America.
Prescottia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies, with one species (P. oligantha) extending into Florida.
Promenaea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 18 currently accepted species, all endemic to Brazil.
- Promenaea acuminataSchltr.
- Promenaea albescensSchltr. - São Paulo, Paraná
- Promenaea catharinensisSchltr. - Santa Catarina
- Promenaea duseniiSchltr. - Paraná
- Promenaea fuerstenbergianaSchltr. - Santa Catarina
- Promenaea guttata(Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
- Promenaea lentiginosa(Lindl.) Lindl.
- Promenaea malmquistianaSchltr.†
- Promenaea micropteraRchb.f.
- Promenaea nigricansKöniger & J.G.Weinm.bis - Paraná
- Promenaea ovatiloba(Klinge) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius
- Promenaea paranaensisSchltr. - Paraná
- Promenaea riograndensisSchltr. - Rio Grande do Sul
- Promenaea rollissonii(Lindl.) Lindl.
- Promenaea silvanaF.Barros & Cath. - Bahia
- Promenaea sincoranaP.Castro & Campacci - Bahia
- Promenaea stapelioides(Link & Otto) Lindl.
- Promenaea xanthina(Lindl.) Lindl.
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
Sacoila is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the Western Hemisphere. It occurs in Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies and Florida.
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.
Sauroglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The genus is endemic to South America. As of June 2014, the following species are recognized:
- Sauroglossum andinum(Hauman) Garay - Ecuador, Argentina
- Sauroglossum aurantiacum(C.Schweinf.) Garay - Peru
- Sauroglossum corymbosum(Lindl.) Garay - Peru, Bolivia
- Sauroglossum distansLindl. ex Garay - Bolivia
- Sauroglossum dromadumSzlach. - Peru
- Sauroglossum elatumLindl - Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil
- Sauroglossum longiflorum(Schltr.) Garay - Ecuador, Colombia
- Sauroglossum odoratumRobatsch - Rio de Janeiro
- Sauroglossum organenseSzlach. - Rio de Janeiro
- Sauroglossum schweinfurthianumGaray - Peru
- Sauroglossum sellilabre(Griseb.) Schltr. - Paraguay, Argentina
Skeptrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern South America.
Veyretia is a genus of terrestrial orchids native to South America and to Trinidad.
- Veyretia aphylla(Ridl.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
- Veyretia caudata(R.J.V.Alves) Mytnik - Minas Gerais
- Veyretia cogniauxiana(Barb.Rodr. ex Cogn.) Szlach. - Minas Gerais
- Veyretia hassleri(Cogn.) Szlach. - Brazil, Paraguay
- Veyretia neuroptera(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil
- Veyretia rupicola(Garay) F.Barros - Brazil
- Veyretia sagittata(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - French Guiana, Argentina, Brazil
- Veyretia simplex(Griseb.) Szlach. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
- Veyretia sincorensis(Schltr.) Szlach. - Bahia
- Veyretia szlachetkoanaMytnik - Colombia, Venezuela
- Veyretia undulataSzlach. - Brazil