''Heterotaxis'' is a genus of orchids native to
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
from central
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
to
Bolivia
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, and also to parts of the
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Great ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, genus ''Heterotaxis''](_blank)
/ref>[Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.] One species extends into Florida (''H. sessilis'', listed under synonym ''Maxillaria crassifolia''Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, synonymy for ''Heterotaxis sessilis''
/ref> in Flora of North America
The ''Flora of North America North of Mexico'' (usually referred to as ''FNA'') is a multivolume work describing the native plants and naturalized plants of North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and a ...
).
#'' Heterotaxis brasiliensis'' (Brieger & Illg) F.Barros - Brazil
#'' Heterotaxis discolor'' (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Belize, Nicaragua, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
#'' Heterotaxis equitans'' (Schltr.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
#'' Heterotaxis fritzii'' Ojeda & Carnevali - Ecuador
#'' Heterotaxis maleolens'' (Schltr.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Chiapas, Central America
#'' Heterotaxis microiridifolia'' (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Ojeda & Carnevali - Peru
#'' Heterotaxis santanae'' (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Ojeda & Carnevali - Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela
#'' Heterotaxis schultesii'' Ojeda & G.A.Romero - Brazil, Colombia
#''Heterotaxis sessilis
''Heterotaxis sessilis'' is an epiphytic orchid widespread across the West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad), Central America (all 7 countries), southern Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo), Florida and northern South Am ...
'' (Sw.) F.Barros - widespread from Veracruz and Florida south to Brazil
#'' Heterotaxis superflua'' (Rchb.f.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
#'' Heterotaxis valenzuelana'' (A.Rich.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Central America, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
#'' Heterotaxis villosa'' (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia
#'' Heterotaxis violaceopunctata'' (Rchb.f.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia
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Maxillariinae genera
Maxillariinae