''Ponera'' is a genus of orchids. It contains two currently accepted species, native to Mexico,

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/ref>Soto Arenas, M. A. 1990. Una nueva Orquidea de Morelos, Mexico: ''Ponera dressleriana''. Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s. 12(1): 117–126. Species accepted as of June 2014: *'' Ponera exilis'' Dressler - Colima,

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, Guerrero,

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*'' Ponera juncifolia'' Lindl. - widespread from Hidalgo to

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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of ''Ponera exilis'' Dressler
Ponerinae (plant) Orchids of Mexico Orchids of Central America Epidendreae genera {{Epidendreae-stub