Cavendishia is a genus of about 100 species of woody perennial plants, many of which are epiphytic. The genus is native to tropical South America and Central America.

Cavendishia
Cavendishia complectens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Vaccinioideae
Tribe: Vaccinieae
Genus: Cavendishia
Lindl.
Type species
Cavendishia nobilis
Species

About 100

Synonyms
  • Chupalon Adans.
  • Polyboea Klotzsch
  • Proclesia Klotzsch
  • Socratesia Klotzsch

Species edit

Image Scientific name Distribution
Cavendishia aberrans Luteyn Panama
Cavendishia adenophora Mansf. Colombia
Cavendishia albopicata Luteyn Colombia
  Cavendishia allenii A.C.Sm. Panama
Cavendishia amoena A.C.Sm. Colombia.
Cavendishia amplexa Luteyn Colombia.
Cavendishia angustifolia Mansf. Colombia.
Cavendishia antioquiensis Luteyn & Dames e Sylva Colombia.
Cavendishia arizonensis Luteyn Panama.
Cavendishia atroviolacea Luteyn Costa Rica to Panama.
Cavendishia aurantiaca Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia awa Luteyn Ecuador.
  Cavendishia axillaris A.C.Sm. Costa Rica to N. Colombia
Cavendishia barnebyi Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia bomareoides A.C.Sm. Colombia
  Cavendishia bracteata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.) Hoerold Mexico to Bolivia.
  Cavendishia callista Donn.Sm. Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela
Cavendishia calycina A.C.Sm. Panama (Chiriquí)
Cavendishia capitulata Donn.Sm. Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá
Cavendishia caudata A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia chiriquiensis A.C.Sm. Costa Rica to Panama.
Cavendishia chlamydantha A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia chocoensis A.C.Sm. Colombia.
Cavendishia ciliata Luteyn Costa Rica.
Cavendishia coccinea A.C.Sm. Colombia.
Cavendishia colombiana Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia compacta A.C.Sm. Colombia
  Cavendishia complectens Hemsl. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru
Cavendishia confertiflora A.C.Sm. Costa Rica.
Cavendishia copeensis Luteyn Panama.
Cavendishia corei A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia cuatrecasasii A.C.Sm. Colombia to Ecuador
Cavendishia darienensis Luteyn Colombia, Panamá
Cavendishia davidsei Luteyn Costa Rica, Panamá
Cavendishia dendrophila A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia divaricata A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia dulcis Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia endresii Hemsl. Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala
Cavendishia engleriana Hoerold Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cavendishia erythrostegia Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia foreroi Luteyn Colombia
  Cavendishia fortunensis Luteyn Panama
Cavendishia fusiformis Luteyn Colombia, Panamá
Cavendishia gentryi Luteyn Panama.
Cavendishia glandulosa A.C.Sm. Colombia (Antioquia).
Cavendishia gomezii Luteyn Costa Rica, Panamá
  Cavendishia grandifolia Herold Ecuador
Cavendishia grossa Luteyn Colombia.
Cavendishia guatapeensis Mansf. Colombia.
Cavendishia herrerae Luteyn & J.F.Morales Costa Rica.
Cavendishia isernii Sleumer Ecuador, Peru
Cavendishia jardinensis Luteyn Colombia (Antioquia)
Cavendishia lactiviscida Luteyn Costa Rica.
Cavendishia laurifolia (Klotzsch) Benth. & Hook.f. Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Panamá
Cavendishia lebroniae Luteyn Ecuador.
Cavendishia leucantha Luteyn Colombia.
Cavendishia limonensis Luteyn Costa Rica.
Cavendishia lindauiana Hoerold Panama to Colombia.
Cavendishia linearifolia Luteyn & J.F.Morales Costa Rica.
Cavendishia longirachis Luteyn Colombia (Antioquia).
Cavendishia luteynii J.F.Morales Costa Rica to Panama.
Cavendishia macrocephala A.C.Sm. Colombia.
Cavendishia mariae Luteyn Colombia to Ecuador.
Cavendishia martii (Meisn.) A.C.Sm. Bolivia, Brazil North, Peru
Cavendishia megabracteata Luteyn Costa Rica to Panama.
Cavendishia melastomoides (Klotzsch) Hemsl. Costa Rica.
Cavendishia micayensis A.C.Sm. Colombia to Ecuador.
Cavendishia morii Luteyn Panama (Sierranía de Pirre).
Cavendishia neblinae Maguire, Steyerm. & Luteyn Venezuela (Amazonas).
Cavendishia nitens Sleumer Colombia.
Cavendishia nitida (Kunth) A.C.Sm. Colombia.
Cavendishia nobilis Lindl. Peru.
Cavendishia nuda Luteyn Colombia (Antioquia).
Cavendishia oligantha A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia orthosepala A.C.Sm. Ecuador.
Cavendishia osaensis Luteyn & J.F.Morales Costa Rica
Cavendishia palustris A.C.Sm. Colombia.
Cavendishia panamensis Luteyn Panama
Cavendishia parviflora Luteyn Ecuador
Cavendishia pedicellata Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia pilobracteata Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia pilosa Luteyn Colombia (Antioquia)
Cavendishia porphyrea A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia pseudopedunculata Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia pseudostenophylla Luteyn Panama
Cavendishia pubescens (Kunth) Hemsl. Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Cavendishia punctata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.) Sleumer Peru
Cavendishia quercina A.C.Sm. Costa Rica, Panamá
  Cavendishia quereme (Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f. Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá
Cavendishia revoluta Luteyn Panama
Cavendishia rhynchophylla A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia ruiz-teranii Luteyn Venezuela
Cavendishia santafeensis Luteyn Panama
Cavendishia sessiliflora A.C.Sm. Colombia (Antioquia)
Cavendishia sirensis Luteyn Peru
Cavendishia sophoclesioides A.C.Sm. Colombia (Antioquia)
Cavendishia speciosa A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia spicata A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia stenophylla A.C.Sm. Panama
Cavendishia subamplexicaulis A.C.Sm. Colombia (Antioquia)
Cavendishia subfasciculata Luteyn Panama
Cavendishia talamancensis Luteyn Costa Rica
  Cavendishia tarapotana (Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.f. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cavendishia tenella A.C.Sm. Colombia.
Cavendishia trujilloensis Luteyn Venezuela
Cavendishia tryphera A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia uniflora Luteyn Colombia (Antioquia)
Cavendishia urophylla A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia venosa A.C.Sm. Colombia, Ecuador
Cavendishia vinacea Luteyn Colombia
Cavendishia violacea A.C.Sm. Colombia
Cavendishia viridiflora Luteyn & Dames e Sylva Colombia (Antioquia)
Cavendishia wercklei Hoerold Costa Rica
Cavendishia zamorensis A.C.Sm. Ecuador

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