Benzingia Explained

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.^[1]

Species

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

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

Notes and References

1. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.