| Benzingia | |
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| Benzingia caudata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Zygopetalinae |
| Genus: | Benzingia Dodson |
| Type species | |
| Benzingia hirtzii Dodson | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ackermania Dodson & R.Escobar, illegitimate | |
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
See also
References
- ^ "Benzingia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-05-15
- 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.
External links
- [REDACTED] Data related to Benzingia at Wikispecies
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| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Benzingia | |