''Thibaudia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Ericaceae The Ericaceae () are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread acros ...

. They are native to Central and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

with a high concentration of species in the

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, Montane forest, montane, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist forest characteri ...

s of

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

and

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

.''Thibaudia''.
Andes Trees: Arboles y Arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. efloras.org Species of the genus are known commonly as ''zagalitas''. There are about 60 to 75 species.''Thibaudia''.
Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Species include: * '' Thibaudia acacioides'' * '' Thibaudia albiflora'' * '' Thibaudia andrei'' * '' Thibaudia angustifolia'' * '' Thibaudia anomala'' * '' Thibaudia apophysata'' * '' Thibaudia archeri'' * '' Thibaudia ardisiifolia'' * '' Thibaudia biflora'' * '' Thibaudia breweri'' * '' Thibaudia cardenasii'' * '' Thibaudia cardiophylla'' * '' Thibaudia carrenoi'' * '' Thibaudia caulialata'' * '' Thibaudia clivalis'' * '' Thibaudia costaricensis'' * '' Thibaudia densiflora'' * '' Thibaudia diphylla'' * '' Thibaudia engleriana'' * '' Thibaudia falconensis'' * '' Thibaudia fallax'' * '' Thibaudia floribunda'' * '' Thibaudia gunnarii'' * '' Thibaudia harlingii'' * '' Thibaudia inflata'' * '' Thibaudia insignis'' * '' Thibaudia jahnii'' * '' Thibaudia jorgensenii'' * '' Thibaudia lanata'' * '' Thibaudia lugoi'' * '' Thibaudia macrocalyx'' * '' Thibaudia martiniana'' * '' Thibaudia mellifera'' * '' Thibaudia nervosa'' * '' Thibaudia parvifolia'' * '' Thibaudia pennellii'' * '' Thibaudia rigidiflora'' * '' Thibaudia sessiliflora'' * '' Thibaudia smithiana'' * ''

Thibaudia spathulata ''Thibaudia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. They are native to Central America, Central and South America with a high concentration of species in the cloud forests of Costa Rica and Ecuador.Thibaudia steyermarkii'' * '' Thibaudia tomentosa'' * '' Thibaudia truncata'' * '' Thibaudia ulei'' * '' Thibaudia uniflora'' * '' Thibaudia urbaniana''

References

Vaccinioideae Ericaceae genera {{Ericaceae-stub