Psidium is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere. Many of the species bear edible fruits, and for this reason several are cultivated commercially. The most popularly cultivated species is the common guava, Psidium guajava.
Portulaca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Portulacaceae, and is the type genus of the family. With over 100 species, it is found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. Portulacas are also known as the purslanes.
Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and tall shrubs in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as pepper trees. The Peruvian pepper tree is the source of the spice known as pink peppercorn.
Coccocypselum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. All species of the genus Coccocypselum are herbaceous with fleshy, blue or purple fruits, and 4-petaled flowers.
Campomanesia is a genus in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1794. It is native to South America and Trinidad.
Soliva is a genus of South American plants in the sunflower family. Burrweed is a common name for some species in this genus.
Araujia odorata, formerly known as Morrenia odorata, the latexplant or strangler vine, is a plant in the family Apocynaceae, which is native to South America. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental.
Oxypetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described with this name in 1810. The genus is native to South America.
Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae. Mutisia has been named after José Celestino Mutis. It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Araujia is a small genus of perennial vines in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1817. The group is native to South America.
Austroeupatorium is a genus of plants native primarily to South America, including herbaceous perennials and shrubs. The native range is focused on eastern South America and extends as far north as Panama and Trinidad and as far west as Bolivia.
Camptosema is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species native to South America, ranging from northeastern Brazil to Bolivia and northeastern Argentina. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae.
Podocoma is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.
Citharexylum is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the United States to Argentina. The highest diversity occurs in Mexico and the Andes. The generic name is derived from the Greek words κιθάρα (kithara), meaning "lyre", and ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood," referring to the use of the wood in the sounding boards of string instruments. Several species, especially C. caudatum and C. spinosum, are cultivated as ornamentals.
Trichocline is a genus of Australian and South American plants in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae. It consists of one species from Australia (T. spathulata) and twenty-three from South America.
Clematicissus striata is a species of climbing plant in the family Vitaceae. The plant is found in south-central Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia. It has a woody stem that looks reddish as it ages. Its leaves are composed by five folioles in a palmated shape.
Herreria is a genus of flowering plants native to South America. In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.
Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America. An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".
- Tweedia andina(Phil.) G.H.Rua - Chile
- Tweedia aucaensisG.H. Rua - Argentina
- Tweedia australis(Malme) C. Ezcurra - Argentina
- Tweedia birostrata(Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. - Chile
- Tweedia brunonisHook. & Arn. - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Tweedia echegarayi(Hieron.) Malme - Argentina
- Tweedia solanoides(Hook. & Arn.) Chittenden - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Morrenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to South America.
Leptostelma is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
