title: Caucaea
text: # Caucaea
  
  Caucaea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 currently recognized species, all native to northwestern South America.
  
  * Caucaea alticola (Stacy) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador
  * Caucaea andigena (Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador
  * Caucaea macrotyle (Königer & J.Portilla) Königer - Ecuador
  * Caucaea nubigena (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru
  * Caucaea olivacea (Kunth) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Colombia
  * Caucaea phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Colombia
  * Caucaea radiata (Lindl.) Mansf. - Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
  * Caucaea sanguinolenta (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
  * Caucaea tripterygia (Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Peru
  