Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs in the order Sapindales.
Guarea is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs in the family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. At their largest, they are large trees 20–45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m diameter, often buttressed at the base. The leaves are pinnate, with 4–6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet present. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with 4–5 yellowish petals. The fruit is a four or five-valved capsule, containing several seeds, each surrounded by a yellow-orange fleshy aril; the seeds are dispersed by hornbills and monkeys which eat the aril.
Bactris setulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a medium-sized spiny palm which is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. It is one of the largest species of Bactris and is found at the highest elevations.
Mayna pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Achariaceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Mayna suaveolens is a species of flowering plant in the family Achariaceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Metteniusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was named by Hermann Karsten in 1860 for the German botanist Georg Heinrich Mettenius. It has seven species. The type species is Metteniusa edulis.. "Metteniusaceae" was proposed by Adalbert Schnizlein and validated by Hermann Karsten in 1860.. The family is now placed in its own order, Metteniusales.
Metteniusa edulis is a species of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cardiopteridaceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Otoba is a genus of trees in family Myristicaceae. It ranges from Nicaragua to Bolivia.
Schmardaea is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. It solely comprises the species Schmardaea microphylla.
Sabal mauritiiformis, commonly known as the Savannah palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It grows in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.
Myoxanthus reymondii is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to Colombia, Ecuadorand Venezuela.
Restrepia elegans, commonly called the elegant restrepia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
Nuphar pumila, the least water-lily, is a perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to subarctic and temperate Eurasia.
Wolffia columbiana, the Columbian watermeal, is a perennial aquatic plant in the subfamily Lemnoideae. This plant is distributed widely throughout North, Central, and South America, and also occurs in Curaçao.
Nuphar japonica, known as East Asian yellow water-lily, is a perennial, aquatic, rhizomatous, herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to Japan, Korea, and Russia.
Gymnosiphon suaveolens is a flowering plant in the family Burmanniaceae. It can be found from Mexico to Ecuador and Venezuela. It mostly grows in tropical rainforests and lives parasitically on fungus to survive. It can remain underground for many years, emerging only when the conditions are right to flower and fruit.
Hedyosmum cumbalense is a species of tree in the family Chloranthaceae. It is native to South America.
Ceroxylon ceriferum, also known as the Sacred wax palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It grows from northern Colombia and Venezuela.
Lacmellea edulis, common name: chicle muyu, is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.
Cephalotomandra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae.
