Cischweinfia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It was named after Harvard orchidologist Charles Schweinfurth. It has thirteen currently recognized species, all native to Central America and northwestern South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.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.Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín

Species Cischweinfia colombiana Garay - Colombia Cischweinfia dasyandra (Rchb.f.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica Cischweinfia donrafae Dressler & Dalström - Costa Rica Cischweinfia gersonii Pupulin, Bogarín & Karremans - Costa Rica Cischweinfia jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn. - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia Cischweinfia leucocheila H.Medina & J.Portilla - Ecuador Cischweinfia nana Dressler - Panama Cischweinfia parva (C.Schweinf.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia Cischweinfia platychila Garay - Colombia Cischweinfia popowiana Königer - Ecuador Cischweinfia pusilla (C.Schweinf.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica Cischweinfia pygmaea (Pupulin, J.Valle & G.Merino) M.W.Chase - Ecuador Cischweinfia rostrata Dressler & N.H.Williams - Colombia, Ecuador

See also List of Orchidaceae genera

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