Triphora (Orchidaceae)

Triphora trianthophoros (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Triphoreae
Subtribus: Triphorinae
Genus: Triphora

Overview of species (21)

T. amazonica – T. carnosula – T. craigheadii – T. debilis – T. duckei – T. foldatsii – T. galeanoi – T. gentianoides – T. hassleriana – T. heringeri – T. miserrima – T. nitida – T. pusilla – T. ravenii – T. santamariensis – T. surinamensis – T. trianthophoros – T. uniflora – T. vichadaensis – T. wagneri – T. yucatanensis

Name

Triphora Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 192 (1818)

• Type species: Triphora trianthophoros (Sw.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 298 (1901)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Eastern Canada Ontario. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isle, Vermont, West Virginia. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Southern America Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay. Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1818. The Genera of North American Plants 2: 192–193.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 614 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Triphora in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 3. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Triphora in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Triphora. Published online. Accessed: 3 June 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Triphora in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 3.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Triphora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 3.

Vernacular names

English: Noddingcaps
перем коми: Трифора
коми: Трифора
кырык мары: Трифора
удмурт: Трифора

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