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This featured collection is comprised of approximately 2000 collections (isotypes and holotypes).

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Family Taxon Kind of Type Countrysort icon Primary Coll Last Name Number Publication
Orchidaceae Pleurothallis caniceps Luer Holotype Costa Rica Luer 6811 Selbyana 7(1): 114. 1982.
Myrtaceae Eugenia teresae J.F. Morales Isotype Costa Rica Morales 1430 Phytologia 81: 361. 1996 [1997]
Orchidaceae Stelis ingramii Luer Holotype Costa Rica Ingram 1475 Lindleyana 11(2): 100. 1996.
Orchidaceae Maxillaria pachyacron Schltr. Epitype Costa Rica Ingram 770 Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 165. 1911; Epitype cited in Fieldiana, Bot. n.s. 40: 68. 1999.
Araceae Anthurium brenesii Croat & R.A. Baker Isotype Costa Rica Croat 46923 Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(3): 617. 1991.
Orchidaceae Epidanthus talamancana J.T. Atwood Holotype Costa Rica Williams 19876 Icones Plant. Trop. pl. 1315. 1989.
Orchidaceae Epidendrum brachyrepens H Isotype Costa Rica Garc 926 Icones Orchidacearum 3: t. 315. 1999.
Orchidaceae Epidendrum davidsei H Isotype Costa Rica Davidse 24859 Icones Orchidacearum 2: pl. 127. 1993.
Orchidaceae Epidendrum ingramii H Isotype Costa Rica Ingram 1593 Icones Orchidacearum 3. 1999.
Orchidaceae Epidendrum monophlebium H Isotype Costa Rica H 6932 Icones Orchidacearum 3: t. 358. 1999.
Orchidaceae Epidendrum paraguastigma H Isotype Costa Rica S 459 Icones Orchidacearum 3: t. 367. 1999.
Orchidaceae Lepanthes cuspidata Luer Isotype Costa Rica Ingram 860 Lindleyana 10(3): 140. 1995.
Orchidaceae Lepanthes sannio Luer & Escobar Holotype Costa Rica Escobar 2777 Lindleyana 2(4): 214. 1987.
Orchidaceae Lepanthes stenorhyncha Luer Holotype Costa Rica Atwood 89-195 Lindleyana 10(3): 170. 1995.
Orchidaceae Lepanthes volsella Luer & Escobar Holotype Costa Rica Escobar 3157 Phytologia 55(3): 196. 1984.
Orchidaceae Maxillaria amabilis J.T. Atwood Isotype Costa Rica G 23979 Lindleyana 9(4): 239. 1994.
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia bulbosa fma. alba H. Takizawa Holotype Costa Rica Takizawa TH990916b J. Bromeliad Soc. 52: 51. 2003.
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia flexuosa fma. alba H. Takizawa Holotype Costa Rica Takizawa TH990914f J. Bromeliad Soc. 52: 54. 2003.
Orchidaceae Platythelys alajuelae P. Ormerod Isotype Costa Rica Ingram 680 Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 174, 176, 2007.
Bromeliaceae Guzmania skotakii H. Luther Holotype Costa Rica Luther 2810 Selbyana 12: 68. 1991.
Bromeliaceae Guzmania skotakii H. Luther Holotype Costa Rica Luther 2810 Selbyana 12: 68. 1991.
Araceae Anthurium standleyi Croat & R.A. Baker Isotype Costa Rica Croat 43439 Brenesia 16(Supl. 1): 88. 1979.
Araceae Anthurium standleyi Croat & R.A. Baker Isotype Costa Rica Croat 43439 Brenesia 16(Supl. 1): 88. 1979.
Orchidaceae Sobralia dissimilis Dressler Isotype Costa Rica Atwood 89-243 Novon 5(2): 142. 1995.
Orchidaceae Sobralia dissimilis Dressler Isotype Costa Rica Atwood 89-243 Novon 5(2): 142. 1995.
Orchidaceae Sobralia dissimilis Dressler Isotype Costa Rica Atwood 89-243 Novon 5(2): 142. 1995.
Gesneriaceae Rhytidophyllum acunae C.V. Morton Isotype Cuba Morton 9181 Brittonia 9(1): 23. 1957.
Orchidaceae Epidendrum howardii Ames & Correll Isotype Cuba Howard 5939 Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 11: 2. 1943.
Orchidaceae Lepanthopsis stellaris Dod Isotype Dominican Republic Dod 630 Moscosoa 3: 54. 1978.
Orchidaceae Dendrophylax alcoa Dod Isotype Dominican Republic Dod 871 Moscosoa 2: 5. 1983.

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