Flashcards: Flora of the Andes

Jarava ichu, commonly known as Peruvian feathergrass, ichhu, paja brava, and paja ichu, is a grass endemic to Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina, growing extensively in the Andean altiplano.

Polylepis crista-galli is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Tecophilaea cyanocrocus (Chilean blue crocus) is a flowering perennial plant that is native to Chile, growing at 2,000 to 3,000 m (6,600 to 9,800 ft) elevation on dry, stony slopes in the Andes mountains.

Chusquea culeou (Spanish: caña coligüe or colihue) is a species of bamboo.

Weinmannia tormentosa (Encenillo) is a tree native of the highlands of the Andean region of Colombia, which belongs to the family Cunoniaceae.

Ceroxylon quindiuense, is a palm native to the humid montane forests of the Andes in Colombia and northern Peru.

Tristerix is a genus of mistletoe in the family Loranthaceae, native to the Andes from Colombia to Chile.

Puya alpestris is a species of bromeliad native to Chilean Andes and grown as an ornamental plant.

Coca is any of the four cultivated plants in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

Parajubaea torallyi, commonly known as the palma de Pasobaya or Bolivian mountain coconut, is a species of evergreen flowering plant of genus Parajubaea, in the Arecaceae family.

Palaua is a genus of malvaceous plants native to the Andes.

Calamagrostis nardifolia is a species of grass native to the southern Andes.

Nicotiana tomentosiformis is a perennial herbaceous plant.

Blechnum floresii is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae.

Bomarea gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Alstroemeriaceae.

Ephedra multiflora is a species of Ephedra that is native to northern Chile and Argentina.

Marcgraviastrum gigantophyllum is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family.

Polylepis hieronymi is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Polylepis pauta is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Polylepis pepei is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Grosvenoria is a genus of South American shrubs and small trees in the sunflower family.

Nototriche is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.

Odontoglossum crispum, the curled odontoglossum, is an epiphytic orchid from the genus Odontoglossum.

Polylepis neglecta is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Polylepis multijuga is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Polylepis incana is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Polylepis rugulosa, the Queñua, is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Ceroxylon is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, native to the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, known as Andean wax palms.

Polylepis racemosa is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family.

Altensteinia is a genus of orchid.

Nicotiana sylvestris is a species of the genus Nicotiana, known by the common names woodland tobacco, flowering tobacco, and South American tobacco.

Heliconia bihai (red palulu) of the Heliconiaceae family is an erect herb typically growing taller than 1.

Sambucus peruviana, now reclassified as Sambucus nigra subsp.

Cyathea esmeraldensis (syn. Cyathea esmeraldensis) is a species of tree fern which is endemic to Ecuador.

Marcgravia crassiflora is a species of flowering plant in the Marcgraviaceae family.

Dendropanax colombianus is a tree native of the highlands of the Andean region of Colombia, which belongs to the family Araliaceae.

Vellozia andina is a species of plant in the order Pandanales.

Nicotiana otophora is a perennial herbaceous plant.

Ceroxylon echinulatum is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Ceroxylon alpinum is a species of palm tree native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Ceroxylon sasaimae is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Chusquea delicatula is a South American bamboo found in the Andean mountains of Peru including the areas around Machu Picchu.

Cinchona ledgeriana is a plant indigenous to the eastern slopes of the Andes, where they grow from 1,500–3,000 metres (4,900–9,800 ft) in elevation in Colombia and Bolivia.

Argyrochosma nivea is an Andean fern species in the genus Argyrochosma.

Coriaria thymifolia, known as Shanshi, is a plant found in the northern Andes.

Cortaderia jubata is a species of grass known by several common names, including purple pampas grass and Andean pampas grass.

Prumnopitys harmsiana (Ulcumano; syn. Podocarpus harmsianus Pilg.) is a species of Prumnopitys, native to the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela.

Deschampsia danthonioides is a species of grass known by the common name annual hairgrass.