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Zygopetalinae genera

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Zygopetalum
Zygopetalum (abbreviated Z.) is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This genus consists of fourteen currently recognized species.
Aganisia
Aganisia is a small South American genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), subfamily Epidendroideae.
Batemannia
Batemannia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.
Dichaea
Dichaea is a genus of plants in family Orchidaceae. It contains about 100 species native to tropical America.
Benzingia
Benzingia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to mountains of Central America and northwestern South America from Costa Rica to Peru.
Koellensteinia
Koellensteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach for the Captain Carl Kellner von Koellenstein, an Austrian military officer and a botanical correspondent of Reichenbach.
Cochleanthes
The genus Cochleanthes is made up of 4 species of orchids native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. The name Cochleanthes refers to the shape of the flower (in Greek, cochlos means "shell" and anthos means "flower").
Stenia
The grass moth genus Stenia is probably a junior synonym of Dolicharthria; see there.
Cryptarrhena
Cryptarrhena is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It consists of 3 known species, native to the New World Tropics.
Chaubardia
Chaubardia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 3 recognized species, all endemic to South America.
Huntleya
Huntleya is a small orchid genus native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.
Chondrorhyncha
Chondrorhyncha is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At the present time 7 species are recognized, though many more names have been proposed. All species are native to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
Chaubardiella
Chaubardiella is a genus of flowering plants from the Cymbidieae of the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Costa Rica and South America.
Pabstia
Pabstia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. ==Species== , there are 5 known species, all endemic to Brazil. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution !! Elevation (m) |- |120px||Pabstia jugosa (Lindl.) Garay ||Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina) || |- | ||Pabstia modestior (Rchb.f.) Garay|| Brazil (Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro.) || |- | ||Pabstia placanthera (Hook.) Garay|| Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) || |- | ||Pabstia schunkiana V.P.Castro|| Brazil (Espíri
Galeottia
Galeottia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico.
Paradisanthus
Paradisanthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 known species, all endemic to Brazil.
Pescatoria
Pescatoria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Warreella
Warreella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has two known species, both native to northwestern South America.
Promenaea
Promenaea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 18 currently accepted species (including one that is apparently extinct), all endemic to Brazil.
Otostylis
Otostylis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to South America and Trinidad.
Warrea
Warrea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has three known species, all native to Latin America.
Kefersteinia
genus of plants
Vargasiella
Vargasiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two species, both endemic to South America: It has been treated as the only genus in the subtribe Vargasiellinae, but more recently has been included in the subtribe Zygopetalinae.
Warreopsis
Warreopsis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 known species, native to southeastern Central America and to northwestern South America.
Cheiradenia
Cheiradenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Cheiradenia cuspidata, native to northern South America (Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, northern Brazil).
Euryblema
Euryblema is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, native to Panama and Colombia.
Ixyophora
Ixyophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has 5 known species, all native to South America.
Chondroscaphe
Chondroscaphe is a genus of orchids native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.
Warczewiczella
Warczewiczella is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America, and Cuba.
Neogardneria
Neogardneria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains one known species, Neogardneria murrayana, endemic to Brazil.
Stenotyla
Stenotyla is a genus of orchids. It contains 9 known species, all native to Central America and southern Mexico.
Daiotyla
Daiotyla is a genus of orchids native to Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.
Hoehneella
Hoehneella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There are two known species, both endemic to Brazil. It is named after Brazilian botanist F. C. Hoehne.
Echinorhyncha
Echinorhyncha is a genus of orchids. It contains 5 known species, all native to Colombia and Ecuador.
Aetheorhyncha
Aetheorhyncha is a genus of epiphytic orchids. It contains only one known species, Aetheorhyncha andreettae, endemic to Ecuador.