Tetramicra (plant)

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Tetramicra
Tetramicra elegans (as syn. Brassavola elegans) - Curtis' 58 (N.S. 5) pl. 3098 (1831).jpg
Tetramicra elegans
1831 illustration [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Tetramicra
Lindl.
Type species
Cymbidium rigidum (syn of Tetramicra canaliculata )

Tetramicra is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the West Indies. [2] [3] Tetramicra canaliculata has also been reported from southern Florida, but these reports have been challenged. [4] Tetramicra is abbreviated Ttma. in the horticultural trade. [5]

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Most species are terrestrial, (the exception being T. malpighiarum) and lacking pseudobulbs (with the exception of T. bulbosa), with rigid, linear, terete or triquetrous leaves and a terminal inflorescence consisting of a slender few- to several-flowered peduncle. Pollinia eight, 4 larger and four smaller.

Species

Species accepted as of April 2016:

  2. Tetramicra bulbosa Mansf. (1926) - Hispaniola, Jamaica
  3. Tetramicra canaliculata (Aubl.) Urb. (1918) - Florida (?), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles
  4. Tetramicra ekmanii Mansf. (1926) - Cuba, Hispaniola
  5. Tetramicra malpighiarum J.A.Hern. & M.A.Díaz (2000) - Cuba
  6. Tetramicra parviflora Lindl. ex Griseb. (1864) - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
  7. Tetramicra pratensis (Rchb.f.) Rolfe (1889) - Dominican Republic
  8. Tetramicra riparia Vale, Sánchez-Abad & L.Navarro (2012)) - Cuba
  9. Tetramicra simplex Ames (1923) - Cuba
  10. Tetramicra tenera (A.Rich.) Griseb. ex Benth. (1881) - Cuba
  11. Tetramicra zanonii Nir (2000) - Dominican Republic

References

  1. ↑ T. Nicholson, MD del., Swan sc., William Jackson Hooker ed. - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 58 (N.S. 5) pl. 3098
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  4. ↑ McCartney, Chuck. 1997. The Tetramicra Mystery. The Palmetto Spring 1997, pp 12-15.
  5. ↑ "Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. 2017.


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