Henri François Pittier

Abarema is a neotropical genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil and Venezuela. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves.

Chloroleucon tortum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Brazil and Curaçao.

Wercklea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Species include: Wercklea cocleana (A. Robyns) Fryxell Wercklea ferox (Hook.f.) Fryxell Wercklea flavovirens Proctor Wercklea grandiflora Fryxell Wercklea hottensis (Helwig ex Urb.) Fryxell Wercklea intermedia Fryxell

Gyranthera caribensis is a large tree in the tropical rainforests of northern Venezuela, where it is endemic in the Venezuelan Coastal Range. Traditionally placed in the baobab family, which is now a subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae. One notable individual called "El Piè Grande" ("Bigfoot"), near Orqueta in Yaracuy State in northern Venezuela, has a height of 63.43 m and a girth of 17.12 m. The tree was described by the botanist Henri François Pittier in 1921.

Gyranthera is a genus of tropical trees of South America and Central America in the family Malvaceae. Three species are accepted. Gyranthera amphibiolepis W.Palacios is endemic to Ecuador, and was newly described in 2012. Gyranthera caribensis Pittier is a tall (up to 60 metres) buttressed tree, which grows in the Cordillera de la Costa montane forests of northern Venezuela. Gyranthera darienensis Pittier is a threatened species native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

Ceroxylon ceriferum, also known as the Sacred wax palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It grows from northern Colombia and Venezuela.

Calliandra riparia is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Panama, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela

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Peperomia tuisana is a species of perennial, lithophyte or epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Anales del Instituto Físico-Geográfico y del Museo Nacional de Costa Rica 9: 176. 1896[1898] ". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. The species name came from Tuis, where first specimens of this species were collected.

Malvaviscus palmanus is an understory tree of the Costa Rican cloud forest.

Inga saffordiana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Inga latipes is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Costa Rica.

Gyranthera darienensis, the cucarrón or cucharón, is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae sensu lato or family Bombacaceae. It is found only in Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Decazyx is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. Its native range is southern Mexico to Central America. Species: Decazyx esparzae F.Chiang – southern Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica Decazyx macrophyllus Pittier & S.F.Blake – Guatemala and Honduras

Cecropia longipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. It is a tree native to northwestern Colombia and eastern Panama, where it grows in lowland rain forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The tree is mostly wind-pollinated. Inflorescences are breeding sites for some species of flies and small beetles, which may also have a role in pollination. Seeds are dispersed by fruit-eating animals including opossums, toucans, bats, and monkeys. The tree has a symbiotic relationship with the ant species Azteca alfari, which forms colonies in the tree's hollow stems. The species

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Quararibea asterolepis (cinco dedos, guácimo molenillo, guayabillo, garrocho, molenillo, panula, palo cuadrado; syn. Quararibea stenophylla Pittier) is a timber tree native to Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. This plant can be used for cellulose production.

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Lonchocarpus salvadorensis, the Sangre de Chucho, is a plant species in the genus Lonchocarpus. The rotenoids deguelin, rotenone, elliptone and α-toxicarol can be found in the seeds of L. salvadorensis.

Dalbergia granadillo, the granadillo (a name it shares with a number of other plants) or zangalicua, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to central and southern Mexico, and El Salvador. A slow-growing tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), it is listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal logging of mature individuals.

Browneopsis excelsa is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Quararibea platyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a tree native to Costa Rica and Panama. It is a shrub to a small tree which grows 4 to 10 meters tall. It flowers in March, November and December and fruits in January. Flowers are visited by bees and other insects. It grows in lowland rainforest on the Caribbean coast of Panama and on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Costa Rica. It is threatened by habitat loss, and is considered rare in Costa Rica. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Vulnerable. The species was first described by Pittier & John

Peltogyne purpurea, commonly known as nazareno, or purpleheart, is a species of Peltogyne tree native to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama, and also the Atlantic coast of Colombia.

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