# Cavendishia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cavendishia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cavendishia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendishia > Source revision: 1329728698 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ***Cavendishia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of about 100 [species](/source/Species) of woody [perennial plants](/source/Perennial_plant), many of which are [epiphytic](/source/Epiphyte). The genus is native to tropical [South America](/source/South_America) and [Central America](/source/Central_America). ## Species 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 ## References - [Germplasm Resources Information Network: *Cavendishia*](https://web.archive.org/web/20140301021435/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2206) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cavendishia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendishia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendishia?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.