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Cavendishia

Gentis, Nicolas;Licht, Alexis;Boura, Anaïs;Aung, Dario De Franceschi Zaw Win Day Wa;Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume

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Cavendishia

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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

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomPlantae
FamilyEricaceae
Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast
Observations recorded610,507,846

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
816
With media
736
Family
Ericaceae
Collections
UNICACH, NY, IBUNAM
Recorded in
Mexico, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia

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Encyclopedic overview

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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 == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- | ||Cavendishia aberrans ||Panama |- | ||Cavendishia adenophora ||Colombia |- | ||Cavendishia albopicata ||Colombia |- |120px ||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. |- |120px ||Cavendishia axillaris ||Costa Rica to N. Colombia |- | ||Cavendishia barnebyi ||Colombia |- | ||Cavendishia bomareoides ||Colombia |- |120px ||Cavendishia bracteata ||Mexico to Bolivia. |- |120px ||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 |- |120px ||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 |- |120px ||Cavendishia fortunensis ||Panama |- | ||Cavendishia fusiformis ||Colombia, Panamá |- | ||Cavendishia gentryi ||Panama. |- | ||Cavendishia glandulosa ||Colombia (Antioquia). |- | ||Cavendishia gomezii ||Costa Rica, Panamá |- |120px ||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 |- |120px ||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 |- |120px ||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 |- |}

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cavendishia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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