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:
- Benzingia caudata (Ackerman) Dressler – Peru (Cordillera del Cóndor), Ecuador
- Benzingia cornuta (Garay) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
- Benzingia estradae (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
- Benzingia hajekii (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler – Peru
- Benzingia hirtzii Dodson - Ecuador (Esmeraldas)
- Benzingia jarae (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler – Peru
- Benzingia palorae (Dodson & Hirtz) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
- Benzingia reichenbachiana (Schltr.) Dressler - Costa Rica, Panama
- Benzingia thienii (Dodson) P.A.Harding - Ecuador
References
Benzingia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA