''Teuscheria'' is a genus of

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s native to southern

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and northern

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/ref> The genus is named for

Henry Teuscher Heinrich (Henry) Teuscher (May 8, 1891 in Berlin – August 9, 1984, in Toronto) was a landscape architect, horticulturalist and botanist best known for having designed the Jardin Botanique de Montreal. He was also its first curator. Professio ...

, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist. Species accepted as of June 2014: *'' Teuscheria archilae'' Guatemala *'' Teuscheria cornucopia'' - Ecuador *'' Teuscheria desireei'' - Guatemala *'' Teuscheria dodsonii'' - Ecuador *'' Teuscheria elegans'' - Colombia *'' Teuscheria guatemalensis - Guatemala *'' Teuscheria horichiana'' - Costa Rica *'' Teuscheria integrilabia'' - Ecuador *'' Teuscheria pickiana'' - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Ecuador *'' Teuscheria wageneri'' - Costa Rica to W. Colombia, Venezuela to NE. Ecuador Of these species, three were described from

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

in 2013. These are ''T. archilae, T. desireei'' and ''T. guatemalensis''.Archila, F., G.R. Chiron, & D. Szlachetko. 2013. Additions dans le genre ''Teuscheria'' (Orchidaceae, Bifrenariinae). Richardsoniana 13:257-266.
(in French with abstracts in French, English and Spanish) According to the protologue, ''T. archilae'' and ''T. guatemalensis'' occur in the wild in Guatemala, while the type and the description of ''T. desireei'' were based on material cultivated in Guatemala but probably native to

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