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Benzingia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Subfamily
  
Epidendroideae

Subtribe
  
Zygopetalinae

Order
  
Asparagales

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Tribe
  
Cymbidieae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Chaubardiella, Chondrorhyncha, Chaubardia, Cryptarrhena, Batemannia

Benzingia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to mountains of Central America and northwestern South America from Costa Rica to Peru.

Species

As of May 2012 nine species are recognized:

  1. Benzingia caudata (Ackerman) Dressler – Peru (Cordillera del Cóndor), Ecuador
  2. Benzingia cornuta (Garay) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
  3. Benzingia estradae (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
  4. Benzingia hajekii (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler – Peru
  5. Benzingia hirtzii Dodson - Ecuador (Esmeraldas)
  6. Benzingia jarae (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler – Peru
  7. Benzingia palorae (Dodson & Hirtz) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
  8. Benzingia reichenbachiana (Schltr.) Dressler - Costa Rica, Panama
  9. Benzingia thienii (Dodson) P.A.Harding - Ecuador

References

Benzingia Wikipedia
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