Flora of Colombia facts for kids
The Flora of Colombia is characterized by over 28,000 species of green plants.
Contents
- National Flower of Colombia
- National Tree of Colombia
- Endemism
- Tree species
- Fruits of Colombia
- Genera
- Abarema
- Acidocroton
- Aiphanes
- Aniba
- Brownea
- Brunellia
- Calatola
- Centronia
- Ceroxylon
- Clusia
- Eschweilera
- Freziera
- Grias
- Guarea
- Gustavia
- Herrania
- Huilaea
- Inga
- Leptolejeunea
- Licania
- Macrolobium
- Magnolia
- Mayna
- Meriania
- Metteniusa
- Miconia
- Oenocarpus
- Orphanodendron
- Parmentiera
- Passiflora
- Phytelephas
- Pouteria
- Pradosia
- Prunus
- Rinorea
- Rollinia
- Romeroa
- Schoenocephalium
- Solanum
- Sphaerolejeunea
- Streptosolen
- Swartzia
- Utricularia
- Vantanea
- Wettinia
- Xylosma
- Zamia
- Zygia
- Orchid species
- See also
National Flower of Colombia
The national flower of Colombia is the orchid Cattleya trianae which was named after the Colombian naturalist José Jerónimo Triana. The orchid was selected by botanist Emilio Robledo, in representation of the Colombian Academy of History to determine the most representative flowering plant of Colombia. He described it as one of the most beautiful flowers in the world and selected Cattleya trianae as National symbol.
National Tree of Colombia
The national tree of Colombia is the palm Ceroxylon quindiuense (Quindío wax palm) which was named after the Colombian Department of Quindío where is located the Cocora valley, the only habitat of this restricted range species. The Quindío wax palm was selected as the national tree by the government of Belisario Betancur and was the first tree officially declared as a protected species in Colombia. C. quindiuense is the only palm that grows at such high altitudes in Colombia and is the tallest monocot in the world.
Endemism
Colombia has the largest number of endemic species (species that are not found naturally anywhere else) worldwide. About 10% of the species in the world live in Colombia. Some determinant factors in the distribution range of the species are the wide diversity of habitats available due to the variety of altitudes, weather conditions, temperatures, soils and sunlight on the coasts, in the Andes and in the rainforest lowlands.
Endemics can easily become endangered or extinct due to their restricted habitat and vulnerability to the actions of man, including the introduction of new organisms.
Ecoregions with high endemism
According to the Colombian Ministry of Environment, the following ecoregions have the highest percentage of botanic endemic species:
- Colombian Amazon basin
- Catatumbo River basin
- Mid Magdalena river basin
- Pacific coastal region
Tree species
Many of the Colombian trees are endangered species due to the high quality of the woods and timber industry exploitation (such as Colombian oak Quercus humboldtidiana and Colombian mahogany) and as source of tanning substances for the leather industry (such as mangrove and Encenillo tree Weinmannia tomentosa). Some tree species described in Colombia are:
- Anadenanthera peregrina
- Amazon Grape
- Adenolisianthus arboreus
- Aiouea angulata
- Anthodiscus montanus
- Astrocaryum triandrum
- Attalea septuagenata
- Bactris coloniata
- Banara ibaguensis
- Blakea granatensis
- Bonnetia holostyla
- Bulnesia carrapo
- Brazil Nut
- Borojoa patinoi
- Caryocar nuciferum
- Caryodaphnopsis cogolloi
- Casearia megacarpa
- Coccothrinax argentata
- Cryosophila kalbreyeri
- Cyathea incana
- Cyrilla racemiflora
- Chelyocarpus dianeurus
- Cherimoya
- Dendropanax colombianus
- Esenbeckia alata
- Feijoa
- Guaiacum officinale
- Garcia nutans
- Gonolobus condurango
- Graffenrieda grandifolia
- Hirtella enneandra
- Huberodendron patinoi
- Hampea thespesioides
- Henriettella goudotiana
- Humiriastrum melanocarpum
- Itaya amicorum
- Macrosamanea consanguinea
- Neosprucea sararensis
- Platonia insignis
- Quararibea asterolepis
- Quararibea cordata
- Ouratea tumacoensis
- Reinhardtia ssp.
- Simaba cedron
- Syagrus smithii
- Tessmannianthus quadridomius
- Trigonobalanus excelsa
Fruits of Colombia
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Chontaduro fruit (Bactris gasipaes)
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Tomato tree or tamarillo (Solanum betaceum)
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Mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus)
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Arazá or Strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum)
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Uchuva or Cape gooseberry fruit (Physalis edulis)
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Guanabana or Soursop fruit (Annona muricata)
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Marañon or Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
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Feijoa or Pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana)
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Lulo or Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense)
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Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)
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Gulupa or purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis)
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Genera
Abarema
- Abarema callejasii
- Abarema ganymedea
- Abarema josephi
- Abarema killipii
- Abarema lehmannii
Acidocroton
- Acidocroton gentryi
Aiphanes
- Aiphanes acaulis
- Aiphanes duquei
- Aiphanes leiostachys
- Aiphanes lindeniana
- Aiphanes linearis
Aniba
- Aniba novo-granatensis
- Aniba rosaeodora
- Aniba vaupesiana
Brownea
- Brownea santanderensis
- Browneopsis excelsa
Brunellia
- Brunellia almaguerensis
- Brunellia antioquensis
- Brunellia boqueronensis
- Brunellia elliptica
- Brunellia farallonensis
- Brunellia macrophylla
- Brunellia occidentalis
- Brunellia penderiscana
- Brunellia racemifera
- Brunellia rufa
- Brunellia subsessilis
Calatola
Centronia
- Centronia brachycera
- Centronia mutisii
Ceroxylon
- Ceroxylon alpinum
- Ceroxylon ferrugineum
- Ceroxylon quindiuense
- Ceroxylon sasaimae
Clusia
- Clusia croatii
- Clusia osseocarpa
Eschweilera
- Eschweilera bogotensis
- Eschweilera boltenii
- Eschweilera integricalyx
- Eschweilera integrifolia
- Eschweilera pittieri
- Eschweilera punctata
- Eschweilera rimbachii
- Eschweilera sclerophylla
Freziera
- Freziera echinata
- Freziera euryoides
- Freziera jaramilloi
- Freziera longipes
- Freziera punctata
- Freziera retinveria
- Freziera sessiliflora
- Freziera smithiana
- Freziera stuebelii
- Freziera velutina
Grias
- Grias colombiana
- Grias haughtii
- Grias multinervia
Guarea
- Guarea caulobotrys
- Guarea corrugata
Gustavia
- Gustavia excelsa
- Gustavia foliosa
- Gustavia gracillima
- Gustavia latifolia
- Gustavia longifuniculata
- Gustavia monocaulis
- Gustavia petiolata
- Gustavia pubescens
- Gustavia santanderiensis
- Gustavia sessilis
- Gustavia verticillata
Herrania
- Herrania laciniifolia
- Herrania umbratica
Huilaea
- Huilaea kirkbridei
- Huilaea macrocarpa
- Huilaea minor
- Huilaea mutisiana
- Huilaea occidentalis
- Huilaea penduliflora
Inga
- Inga allenii
- Inga coragypsea
- Inga goniocalyx
- Inga interfluminensis
- Inga macarenensis
- Inga mucuna
- Inga saffordiana
Leptolejeunea
- Leptolejeunea tridentata
Licania
- Licania salicifolia
Macrolobium
- Macrolobium pittieri
Magnolia
- Magnolia calimaensis
- Magnolia calophylla
- Magnolia cararensis
- Magnolia caricifragrans
- Magnolia cespedesii
- Magnolia colombiana
- Magnolia espinalii
- Magnolia georgii
- Magnolia gilbertoi
- Magnolia guatapensis
- Magnolia henaoi
- Magnolia hernandezii
- Magnolia katiorum
- Magnolia lenticellata
- Magnolia mahechae
- Magnolia narinensis
- Magnolia polyhypsophylla
- Magnolia santanderiana
- Magnolia urraoense
- Magnolia virolinensis
- Magnolia wolfii
- Magnolia yarumalense
Mayna
- Mayna pubescens
- Mayna suaveolens
Meriania
- Meriania peltata
- Meriania versicolor
Metteniusa
- Metteniusa cundinamarcensis
- Metteniusa edulis
- Metteniusa huilensis
- Metteniusa santanderensis
Miconia
- Miconia poecilantha
Oenocarpus
- Oenocarpus circumtextus
- Oenocarpus makeru
- Oenocarpus simplex
Orphanodendron
- Orphanodendron bernalii
Parmentiera
- Parmentiera stenocarpa
Passiflora
Phytelephas
- Phytelephas seemannii
- Phytelephas tumacana
Pouteria
- Pouteria arguacoensium
- Pouteria bracteata
- Pouteria chocoensis
- Pouteria espinae
Pradosia
- Pradosia cuatrecasasii
Prunus
- Prunus buxifolia
- Prunus guanaiensis
- Prunus huantensis
- Prunus integrifolia
- Prunus littlei
- Prunus subcorymbosa
- Prunus villegasiana, synonym of Prunus integrifolia
Rinorea
- Rinorea antioquiensis
- Rinorea cordata
- Rinorea haughtii
- Rinorea hymenosepala
- Rinorea laurifolia
- Rinorea marginata
- Rinorea ulmifolia
Rollinia
- Rollinia amazonica
- Rollinia pachyantha
- Rollinia rufinervis
Romeroa
- Romeroa verticillata
Schoenocephalium
- Inírida flower
Solanum
- Solanum sibundoyense
- Solanum betaceum (tamarillo)
Sphaerolejeunea
- Sphaerolejeunea umbilicata
Streptosolen
- Streptosolen jamesonii
Swartzia
- Swartzia macrophylla
- Swartzia oraria
- Swartzia robiniifolia
- Swartzia santanderensis
Utricularia
- Utricularia neottioides
- Utricularia nervosa
- Utricularia oliveriana
- Utricularia pusilla
- Utricularia triloba
Vantanea
- Vantanea magdalenensis
Wettinia
- Wettinia anomala
- Wettinia disticha
- Wettinia fascicularis
- Wettinia hirsuta
- Wettinia kalbreyeri
Xylosma
- Xylosma obovata
Zamia
- Zamia amplifolia
- Zamia encephalartoides
- Zamia montana
- Zamia wallisii
Zygia
- Zygia lehmannii
Orchid species
Colombia has the largest number of orchids in the world. Among others:
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Restrepia antennifera
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Restrepia aristulifera
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Restrepia aspasicensium
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Restrepia brachypus
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Restrepia contorta
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Restrepia cuprea]
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Restrepia dodsonii
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Restrepia elegans
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Restrepia falkenbergii
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Restrepia flosculata
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Restrepia guttulata
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Restrepia iris
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Restrepia lansbergii
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Restrepia nittiorhyncha
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Restrepia pandurata
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Restrepia roseola
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Restrepia sanguinea
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Restrepia teaguei
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Restrepia trichoglossa
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Restrepia wageneri
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Masdevallia agaster
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Masdevallia angulifera
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Masdevallia bicolor
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Masdevallia bulbophyllopsis
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Masdevallia civilis
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Masdevallia caudata
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Masdevallia fractiflexa
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Masdevallia herradurae
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Masdevallia ignea
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Masdevallia mejiana
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Masdevallia nidifica
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Masdevallia striatella
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Masdevallia triangularis
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Masdevallia veitchiana
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Masdevallia ventricularia
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Masdevallia wageneriana
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Masdevallia weberbaueri
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Dracula chestertonii
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Dracula cordobae
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Dracula houtteana
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Dracula lotax
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Dracula sodiroi
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Dracula vampira
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Pleurothallis racemiflora
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Oncidium brunleesianum
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Oncidium cebolleta
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Oncidium croesus
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Oncidium divaricatum
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Oncidium flexuosum
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Oncidium forbesii
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Oncidium graminifolium
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Oncidium harrisonianum
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Oncidium klotzschianum
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Oncidium longicornu
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Oncidium longipes
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Oncidium luridum
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Oncidium nubigenum
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Oncidium ochmatochilum
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Oncidium ornithorhynchum
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Oncidium papilio
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Oncidium phalaenopsis
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Oncidium splendidum
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Oncidium varicosum
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Odontoglossum bictoniense (Rhynchostele bictoniensis)
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Odontoglossum cordatum (Rhynchostele cordata)
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Odontoglossum cruentum
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Odontoglossum grande (Rossioglossum grande)
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Odontoglossum pulchellum (Cuitlauzina pulchella)
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Odontoglossum tenue
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Gongora galeata
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Gongora ilense
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Gongora truncata
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Stelis argentata
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Cattleya aclandiae
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Cattleya bicolor
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Cattleya dowiana
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Cattleya gaskelliana
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Cattleya guttata
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Cattleya harrisoniana
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Cattleya intermedia
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Cattleya labiata
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Cattleya loddigesii
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Cattleya lueddemanniana
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Cattleya luteola
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Cattleya maxima
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Cattleya nobilior
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Cattleya percivaliana
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Cattleya skinneri
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Cattleya violacea
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Cattleya walkeriana
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Cattleya warscewiczii
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Anguloa brevilabris
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Stanhopea anfracta
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Stanhopea annulata
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Stanhopea candida
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Stanhopea cirrhata
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Stanhopea connata
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Stanhopea costaricensis
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Stanhopea ecornuta
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Stanhopea embreei
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Stanhopea florida
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Stanhopea frymirei
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Stanhopea gibbosa
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Stanhopea grandiflora
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Stanhopea graveolens
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Stanhopea haseloffiana
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Stanhopea hernandezii
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Stanhopea impressa
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Stanhopea inodora
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Stanhopea insignis
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Stanhopea intermedia
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Stanhopea jenischiana
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Stanhopea lietzei
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Stanhopea maculosa
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Stanhopea nigripes
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Stanhopea oculata
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Stanhopea pulla
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Stanhopea radiosa
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Stanhopea reichenbachiana
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Stanhopea ruckeri
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Stanhopea saccata
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Stanhopea tigrina
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Stanhopea tricornis
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Stanhopea wardii
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Stanhopea warszewicziana
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Stanhopea xytriophora
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Phragmipedium besseae
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Phragmipedium boissierianum
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Phragmipedium caudatum
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Phragmipedium lindleyanum
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Phragmipedium longifolium
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Phragmipedium warszewiczianum
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Catasetum expansum
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Catasetum fimbriatum
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Catasetum maculatum
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Catasetum pileatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Brassavola cucullata
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Brassavola digbyana
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Brassavola flagellaris
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Brassavola glauca
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Brassavola nodosa
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Scaphosepalum swertiifolium
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Aganisia cyanea
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Frondaria
- Frondaria caulescens
Restrepia
- Restrepia antennifera
- Restrepia chocoensis
- Restrepia citrina
- Restrepia muscifera
See also
In Spanish: Flora de Colombia para niños
- Fauna of Colombia
- List of national parks of Colombia
- Environmental issues in Colombia
