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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.

Dressleria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae native to South and Central America.

Embreea is a genus of orchids native to Colombia and Ecuador. The genus Embreea is abbreviated as Emb in horticultural trade. There at present (June 2014) two recognized species: Embreea herrenhusana (Jenny) Jenny (2002) - Ecuador (syn Embreea rodigasiana var. herrenhusana Jenny (2001)) Embreea rodigasiana (Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson (1980) - Colombia (syn Stanhopea rodigasiana Claes ex Cogn. (1897))

Crossoglossa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 26 currently recognized species native to Central America and South America, from Nicaragua to Bolivia. Crossoglossa acuminatissima Nog.-Sav. & Carnevali - Colombia Crossoglossa aurantilineata Pupulin - Costa Rica Crossoglossa barfodii Dodson - Ecuador Crossoglossa bifida Dressler - Panama Crossoglossa blephariglottis (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica Crossoglossa boylei Dodson - Ecuador Crossoglossa caulescens (Lindl.) Dodson - Ecuador Crossoglossa dalessandroi (Dodson) Dodson -

Phragmipedium besseae is a species of orchid in the genus Phragmipedium. It is a terrestrial plant native to the wet montane forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Cypholoron is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only two known species, both native to South America. Cypholoron convexum Schuit. & de Vogel - Venezuela Cypholoron frigidum Dodson & Dressler - Ecuador

Phragmipedium hirtzii is a species of orchid endemic to north western Ecuador and southwestern Colombia.

Caluera is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains three species, all native to South America: Caluera surinamensis Dodson & Determann - Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil Caluera tavaresii Campacci & J.B.F.Silva - Brazil Caluera vulpina Dodson & Determann - French Guiana, Ecuador

Suarezia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Suarezia ecuadorana, endemic to Ecuador and classified as vulnerable.

Stanhopea pozoi is a species of orchid native to south Ecuador.

Stanhopea embreei is a species of orchid. The classification of this species was published by Calaway H. Dodson in Selbyana, 1: 128. 1975. The original isotype was collected by Dodson. Distribution: Cañar (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America). The holotype is kept at Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL). Etymology: This species is named for Alvin Embree, an American orchidologist. Molecular analysis by Whitten al. revealed the major chemical component of this species fragrance is trans-methyl cinnamate. Closely related species are Stanhopea frymirei & Stanhopea jenischiana

Paphinia litensis is a species of orchid endemic to Ecuador.

Paphinia herrerae is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Ecuador. This orchid was collected near Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. The holotype is kept at Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE), and the isotype at Rio Palenque Science Center (RPSC). The formal description of the plant was made by Calaway H. Dodson in Icones Plantarum Tropicarum in 1989.

Paphinia benzingii is a species of orchid endemic to Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador. The classification of this species was published by Calaway H. Dodson & Tilman Neudecker in Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg, 41: 233, figs. 190. Paphinia benzingii is distributed through the Esmeraldas (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America). It was originally collected in Ecuador at an altitude of about 750m.

Bulbophyllum morenoi is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Zamia gentryi is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is found in two locations in Carchi Province and Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, which are located near Alto Tambo, as well as between Lita and San Lorenzo.

Stanhopea frymirei is a species of orchid endemic to Ecuador.

Paphinia dunstervillei is an orchid species native to Venezuela.

Epidendrum philocremnum is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum. The plant is native to Ecuador, in western South America.

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Paphinia posadarum is a species of orchid found from Colombia to Ecuador.

Paphinia hirtzii is a species of orchid endemic to Ecuador.

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Heliconia obscura is a species of plant in the family Heliconiaceae. It is native to Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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