# Cavendishia

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.

## Species

| 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 |