Cavendishia is a genus of about 100 species of woody perennial plants, many of which are epiphytic. The genus is native to tropical South America and Central America.
Species Image Scientific name Distribution Cavendishia aberrans Panama Cavendishia adenophora Colombia Cavendishia albopicata Colombia Cavendishia allenii Panama Cavendishia amoena Colombia. Cavendishia amplexa Colombia. Cavendishia angustifolia Colombia. Cavendishia antioquiensis Colombia. Cavendishia arizonensis Panama. Cavendishia atroviolacea Costa Rica to Panama. Cavendishia aurantiaca Colombia Cavendishia awa Ecuador. Cavendishia axillaris Costa Rica to N. Colombia Cavendishia barnebyi Colombia Cavendishia bomareoides Colombia Cavendishia bracteata Mexico to Bolivia. Cavendishia callista Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela Cavendishia calycina Panama (Chiriquí) Cavendishia capitulata Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá Cavendishia caudata Colombia Cavendishia chiriquiensis Costa Rica to Panama. Cavendishia chlamydantha Colombia Cavendishia chocoensis Colombia. Cavendishia ciliata Costa Rica. Cavendishia coccinea Colombia. Cavendishia colombiana Colombia Cavendishia compacta Colombia Cavendishia complectens Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru Cavendishia confertiflora Costa Rica. Cavendishia copeensis Panama. Cavendishia corei Colombia Cavendishia cuatrecasasii Colombia to Ecuador Cavendishia darienensis Colombia, Panamá Cavendishia davidsei Costa Rica, Panamá Cavendishia dendrophila Colombia Cavendishia divaricata Colombia Cavendishia dulcis Colombia Cavendishia endresii Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala Cavendishia engleriana Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Cavendishia erythrostegia Colombia Cavendishia foreroi Colombia Cavendishia fortunensis Panama Cavendishia fusiformis Colombia, Panamá Cavendishia gentryi Panama. Cavendishia glandulosa Colombia (Antioquia). Cavendishia gomezii Costa Rica, Panamá Cavendishia grandifolia Ecuador Cavendishia grossa Colombia. Cavendishia guatapeensis Colombia. Cavendishia herrerae Costa Rica. Cavendishia isernii Ecuador, Peru Cavendishia jardinensis Colombia (Antioquia) Cavendishia lactiviscida Costa Rica. Cavendishia laurifolia Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Panamá Cavendishia lebroniae Ecuador. Cavendishia leucantha Colombia. Cavendishia limonensis Costa Rica. Cavendishia lindauiana Panama to Colombia. Cavendishia linearifolia Costa Rica. Cavendishia longirachis Colombia (Antioquia). Cavendishia luteynii Costa Rica to Panama. Cavendishia macrocephala Colombia. Cavendishia mariae Colombia to Ecuador. Cavendishia martii Bolivia, Brazil North, Peru Cavendishia megabracteata Costa Rica to Panama. Cavendishia melastomoides Costa Rica. Cavendishia micayensis Colombia to Ecuador. Cavendishia morii Panama (Sierranía de Pirre). Cavendishia neblinae Venezuela (Amazonas). Cavendishia nitens Colombia. Cavendishia nitida Colombia. Cavendishia nobilis Peru. Cavendishia nuda Colombia (Antioquia). Cavendishia oligantha Colombia Cavendishia orthosepala Ecuador. Cavendishia osaensis Costa Rica Cavendishia palustris Colombia. Cavendishia panamensis Panama Cavendishia parviflora Ecuador Cavendishia pedicellata Colombia Cavendishia pilobracteata Colombia Cavendishia pilosa Colombia (Antioquia) Cavendishia porphyrea Colombia Cavendishia pseudopedunculata Colombia Cavendishia pseudostenophylla Panama Cavendishia pubescens Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Cavendishia punctata Peru Cavendishia quercina Costa Rica, Panamá Cavendishia quereme Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá Cavendishia revoluta Panama Cavendishia rhynchophylla Colombia Cavendishia ruiz-teranii Venezuela Cavendishia santafeensis Panama Cavendishia sessiliflora Colombia (Antioquia) Cavendishia sirensis Peru Cavendishia sophoclesioides Colombia (Antioquia) Cavendishia speciosa Colombia Cavendishia spicata Colombia Cavendishia stenophylla Panama Cavendishia subamplexicaulis Colombia (Antioquia) Cavendishia subfasciculata Panama Cavendishia talamancensis Costa Rica Cavendishia tarapotana Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Cavendishia tenella Colombia. Cavendishia trujilloensis Venezuela Cavendishia tryphera Colombia Cavendishia uniflora Colombia (Antioquia) Cavendishia urophylla Colombia Cavendishia venosa Colombia, Ecuador Cavendishia vinacea Colombia Cavendishia violacea Colombia Cavendishia viridiflora Colombia (Antioquia) Cavendishia wercklei Costa Rica Cavendishia zamorensis Ecuador
References
Germplasm Resources Information Network: Cavendishia