Caucaea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 currently recognized species, all native to northwestern South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
List of species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Image Scientific name Distribution Elevation (m) Caucaea alticola (Stacy) N.H.Williams & M.W.ChaseEcuador Caucaea andigena (Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase Ecuador Caucaea caucana Szlach. & Kolan. Colombia Caucaea colombiana Uribe Vélez, Sauleda & Szlach. Colombia Caucaea dodsoniana Szlach. & Kolan. Ecuador Caucaea duquei Szlach. & Kolan. Colombia Caucaea hernandezii (Königer) Kolan., Hirtz & Tobar Ecuador Caucaea kunthiana H.Medina, J.Portilla & Hirtz Ecuador Caucaea macrotyle (Königer & J.Portilla) KönigerEcuador Caucaea nubigena (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.ChaseEcuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru Caucaea olivacea (Kunth) N.H.Williams & M.W.ChaseEcuador, Colombia Caucaea phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.ChaseEcuador, Colombia Caucaea pichinchae Szlach. & Kolan. Ecuador Caucaea pseudoandigena Szlach. & Kolan. Ecuador Caucaea radiata (Lindl.) Mansf.Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela Caucaea sanguinolenta (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.ChaseEcuador, Colombia, Venezuela Caucaea tripterygia (Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.ChaseEcuador, Peru
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
References
(2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 235 ff. Oxford University Press. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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