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.
Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived, it is distributed across much of South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, with one species (O. ensatum) extending into Florida. Common names for plants in this genus include dancing-lady orchid and golden shower orchid.
Brassia is a genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species extending into Florida.
Microchilus is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
Ponthieva is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), commonly known as the shadow witch. 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.
Baskervilla is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists or 10 species native to Central America and South America
Coccineorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 7 accepted species, native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
- Coccineorchis bracteosa(Ames & C.Schweinf.) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador
- Coccineorchis cernua(Lindl.) Garay - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Coccineorchis cristataSzlach., Rutk. & Mytnik - Panama
- Coccineorchis dressleriSzlach., Rutk. & Mytnik - Panama
- Coccineorchis navarrensis(Ames) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia
- Coccineorchis standleyi(Ames) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras
- Coccineorchis warszewiczianaSzlach. - Costa Rica
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
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 trianthophoros(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
Hapalorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
- Hapalorchis cymbirostrisSzlach. - Rio de Janeiro
- Hapalorchis lindleyanaGaray - Rio de Janeiro
- Hapalorchis lineata(Lindl.) Schltr. - widespread from Guatemala east to Puerto Rico and south to Brazil
- Hapalorchis longirostrisSchltr. - Colombia
- Hapalorchis neglectaSzlach. & Rutk. - Ecuador
- Hapalorchis pandurataSzlach. - Rio de Janeiro
- Hapalorchis piesikiiSzlach. & Rutk. - Colombia
- Hapalorchis pumila(C.Schweinf.) Garay - Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru
- Hapalorchis stellarisSzlach. - Rio Grande do Sul
- Hapalorchis trilobataSchltr. - Colombia
Mesadenella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 7 known species, native to Mexico, Central America and South America:
- Mesadenella angustisegmentaGaray - Venezuela, Ecuador
- Mesadenella atroviridis(Barb.Rodr.) Garay - Brazil
- Mesadenella cuspidata(Lindl.) Garay - from Colombia east to Guyana and south to Argentina
- Mesadenella meeaeR.J.V.Alves - Brazil
- Mesadenella peruvianaGaray - Peru
- Mesadenella tonduzii(Schltr.) Pabst & Garay - from southern Mexico south to Nicaragua; also Pará region of Brazil
- Mesadenella variegataD.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
Plectrophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central and South 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
Pterichis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and Jamaica.
Pteroglossa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, and Mexico.
- Pteroglossa euphlebia(Rchb.f.) Garay - Rio de Janeiro
- Pteroglossa glazioviana(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil, Paraguay
- Pteroglossa hilariana(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil
- Pteroglossa lurida(M.N.Correa) Garay - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Pteroglossa luteolaGaray - Argentina
- Pteroglossa macrantha(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela
- Pteroglossa magnificaSzlach. - Paraguay
- Pteroglossa regia(Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Argentina
- Pteroglossa rhombipetalaGaray - Paraguay, Argentina
- Pteroglossa roseoalba(Rchb.f.) Salazar & M.W.Chase - widespread from Oaxaca to Argentina
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.
Solenidium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has three known species, all native to South America.
