Triphora (Orchidaceae)

Triphora trianthophoros
Typus of Triphora

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 (24)

T. amazonica – T. carnosula – T. craigheadii – T. debilis – T. duckei – T. foldatsii – T. galeanoi – T. gentianoides – T. giraldoi – T. hassleriana – T. heringeri – T. miserrima – T. nitida – T. pinensis – T. pusilla – T. pygmea – 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. 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 Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay. 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, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 2. 245 + 10 pp., D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Triphora (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 2023 Jul 31.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Triphora (Orchidaceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Triphora (Orchidaceae). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Triphora (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 31 Jul 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Triphora (Orchidaceae). Published online. Accessed: 31 Jul 2023. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Triphora (Orchidaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jul 2023. Reference page.

Vernacular names

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

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