''Teuscheria'' is a genus of

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s native to southern

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and northern

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/ref> The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist. Species accepted as of June 2014: *'' Teuscheria archilae'' Guatemala *'' Teuscheria cornucopia'' - Ecuador *'' Teuscheria desireei'' - Guatemala *'' Teuscheria dodsonii'' - Ecuador *'' Teuscheria elegans'' - Colombia *'' Teuscheria guatemalensis'' - Guatemala *'' Teuscheria horichiana'' - Costa Rica *'' Teuscheria integrilabia'' - Ecuador *'' Teuscheria pickiana'' - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Ecuador *'' Teuscheria wageneri'' - Costa Rica to W. Colombia, Venezuela to NE. Ecuador Of these species, three were described from

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in 2013. These are ''T. archilae, T. desireei'' and ''T. guatemalensis''.Archila, F., G.R. Chiron, & D. Szlachetko. 2013. Additions dans le genre ''Teuscheria'' (Orchidaceae, Bifrenariinae). Richardsoniana 13:257-266.
(in French with abstracts in French, English and Spanish) According to the protologue, ''T. archilae'' and ''T. guatemalensis'' occur in the wild in Guatemala, while the type and the description of ''T. desireei'' were based on material cultivated in Guatemala but probably native to

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