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.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.
Species 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 List of Orchidaceae genera
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