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Benzingia
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Benzingia

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.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Benzingia cornuta

speciesBenzingia cornuta

Benzingia palorae

speciesBenzingia palorae

Benzingia thienii

speciesBenzingia thienii

Benzingia reichenbachiana

speciesBenzingia reichenbachiana

Benzingia hirtzii

speciesBenzingia hirtzii

Benzingia estradae

speciesBenzingia estradae

Benzingia jarae

speciesBenzingia jarae

Benzingia hajekii

speciesBenzingia hajekii

Benzingia caudata

speciesBenzingia caudata

Benzingia chocoensis

speciesBenzingia chocoensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 576882.