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.

Species
nine species are recognized:


 * 1) Benzingia caudata (Ackerman) Dressler  – Peru (Cordillera del Cóndor), Ecuador
 * 2) Benzingia cornuta (Garay) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
 * 3) Benzingia estradae (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
 * 4) Benzingia hajekii (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler  – Peru
 * 5) Benzingia hirtzii Dodson - Ecuador (Esmeraldas)
 * 6) Benzingia jarae (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler – Peru
 * 7) Benzingia palorae (Dodson & Hirtz) Dressler  - Colombia, Ecuador
 * 8) Benzingia reichenbachiana (Schltr.) Dressler - Costa Rica, Panama
 * 9) Benzingia thienii (Dodson) P.A.Harding - Ecuador