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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 Country Primary Coll Last Name Numbersort icon Publication
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia didisticha (E. Morren) Baker Holotype Bolivia Besse 1713 J. Bromeliad Soc. 34(2): 54. 1984.
Orchidaceae Masdevallia patriciana Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1710 Phytologia 39: 219. 1978.
Orchidaceae Stellilabium vasquezii Dodson Isotype Bolivia V 170 Icones Plant. Trop. 6, pl. 593. 1980.
Orchidaceae Masdevallia picta Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1694 Phytologia 39: 223. 1978.
Orchidaceae Scaphyglottis pachyphylla L.O. Wms. Isotype Mexico Hinton 1691 Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 12: 244. 1946.
Orchidaceae Maxillaria mariaisabelae J.T. Atwood Holotype Bolivia V 169 Selbyana 7(2-4): 250. 1984.
Orchidaceae Benzingia hirtzii Dodson Isotype Ecuador Dodson 16893 Icones Plant. Trop., Ser. 2, pl. 486. 1989.
Bromeliaceae Lindmania vinotincta B. Holst & Vivas Isotype Venezuela Vivas 1688 J. Bromeliad Soc. 59(2): 66. 2009.
Orchidaceae Masdevallia sanctae-inesae Luer & Malo Holotype Ecuador Luer 1686 Phytologia 39: 228. 1978.
Orchidaceae Masdevallia maloi Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1685 Phytologia 39: 211. 1978.
Orchidaceae Porroglosum uxorium Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1683 Phytologia 46(6): 381: 1980
Orchidaceae Pleurothallis dalessandroi Luer Holotype Ecuador D'Alessandro 168 Selbyana 7(1): 116. 1982.
Bromeliaceae Canistrum auratum Leme Isotype Brazil Leme 1679 Pabstia 4(3): 2. 1993.
Orchidaceae Andreettaea ocellus Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1661 Selbyana 2(2,3): 183. 1978.
Orchidaceae Masdevallia ustulata Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1660 Phytologia 54(5): 384. 1983.
Orchidaceae Pleurothallis determannii Luer Holotype Suriname Determann 166 Selbyana 7(1): 117. 1982.
Orchidaceae Pleurothallis penelops Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1659 Selbyana 2(4): 387. 1978.
Orchidaceae Masdevallia setacea Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1658 Selbyana 2(4): 379. 1978.
Orchidaceae Pleurothallis areldii Luer Holotype Panama Luer 1653 Selbyana 2(4): 383. 1978.
Orchidaceae Lepanthes auriculata Luer Holotype Ecuador D'Alessandro 164 Phytologia 54(5): 330. 1983.
Orchidaceae Masdevallia capillaris Luer Holotype Ecuador D'Alessandro 162[erroneously as 163] Selbyana 7(1): 104. 1982.
Orchidaceae Pleurothallis aberrans Luer Holotype Panama Luer 1628 Selbyana 2(4): 382. 1978.
Orchidaceae Pleurothallis erythrium Luer Holotype Ecuador Luer 1626 Selbyana 2(4): 386. 1978.
Orchidaceae Chysis orichalcea Dressler Isotype El Salvador Hein 162 Novon 10(3): 194. 2000.
Orchidaceae Stelis gratiosa Luer Holotype Panama Luer 1619 Selbyana 5(2): 192. 1979.
Orchidaceae Stelis loculifera Luer Holotype Panama Luer 1614 Phytologia 49(3): 229. 1981.
Bromeliaceae Puya mucronata Manzanares Isotype Peru Sag 16094 Vidalia 2(1): 36-45. 2004.
Orchidaceae Masdevallia morenoi Luer Holotype Bolivia Luer 1606 Phytologia 39: 213. 1978.
Orchidaceae Restrepia flosculata Luer Holotype Ecuador Dodson 1600 Selbyana 7(1): 127. 1982.
Orchidaceae Epidendrum ingramii H Isotype Costa Rica Ingram 1593 Icones Orchidacearum 3. 1999.

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