Triphora (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Triphora']

English: Noddingcaps
مصرى: تريفورا
перем коми: Трифора
коми: Трифора
кырык мары: Трифора
удмурт: Трифора
中文: 垂帽兰属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Triphoreae • Subtribus: Triphorinae • Genus: Triphora (Orchidaceae) Nutt. (1818)

Genus Triphora Nutt. (1818)

24 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 31 July 2023):
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. pusilla, T. pygmea, T. ravenii, T. santamariensis, T. surinamensis, T. trianthophoros, T. uniflora, T. vichadaensis, T. wagneri, T. yucatanensis

Included species (for Tropicos, 31 July 2023):

T. amazonica, T. carnosula, T. craigheadii, T. cubensis, T. debilis, T. duckei, T. foldatsii, T. galeanoae, T. galeanoi, T. gallegosii, T. gentianoides, T. giraldoi, T. hassleriana, T. heringeri, T. latifolia, T. lutea, T. mexicana, T. minima, T. miserrima, T. nitida, T. pusilla, T. pygmea, T. ravenii, T. rickettii, T. santamariensis, T. surinamensis, T. trianthophoros, T. uniflora, T. vichadaensis, T. wagneri, T. yucatanensis
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Triphora trianthophora (Sw.) Rydb. (1901)

Triphora gentianoides
Triphora pusilla
fig. I
Triphora trianthophoros
Type species
Triphora uniflora

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Triphora (Orchidaceae).