Tropidia (Orchidaceae)

Tropidia curculigoides (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Tropidieae
Genus: Tropidia

Overview of species (33)

T. angulosa – T. angustifolia – T. bambusifolia – T. connata – T. corymbioides – T. curculigoides – T. disticha – T. effusa – T. emeishanica – T. formosana – T. gracilis – T. hegderaoi – T. janowskyi – T. maxwellii – T. mindanaensis – T. mindorensis – T. multiflora – T. multinervis – T. nagamasui – T. namasiae – T. nipponica – T. pedunculata – T. polystachya – T. ramosa – T. reichenbachiana – T. robinsonii – T. saprophytica – T. schlechteriana – T. septemnervis – T. similis – T. somae – T. territorialis – T. viridifusca

Name

Tropidia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618 (1833)

• Type species: Tropidia curculigoides Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 497 (1840)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Decaisnea Lindl. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.º 7388 (1832), nom. nud.
  • Cnemidia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618 (1833)
  • Chloidia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 484 (1840)
  • Ptychochilus Schauer, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19 (Suppl. 1): 431 (1843)
  • Govindooia Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 34 (1853)
  • Schoenomorphus Thorel ex Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 351 (1933)
  • Muluorchis J.J.Wood, Kew Bull. 39: 73 (1984)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet. Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Australasia Australia Norfolk Islands, Northern Territory. Pacific Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu. Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos. Brazil Brazil West-Central. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1833. Edwards's Botanical Register 19: , ad t. 1618.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 622 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• 'eFloras 2009. Tropidia in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Tropidia
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tropidia. Accessed: 2020 Sep 1.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tropidia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tropidia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tropidia. Published online. Accessed: 1 Sep 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Tropidia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 1.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Tropidia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Sep 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Crown orchids
перем коми: Тропидия
коми: Тропидия
кырык мары: Тропиди
svenska: Eldblomflugor
удмурт: Тропидия
中文: 竹茎兰属, 摺唇兰属
中文（简体）: 竹茎兰属

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