Triphora (plant)

Triphora
Triphora uniflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Triphoreae
Subtribe:	Triphorinae
Genus:	Triphora Nutt.

Triphora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and eastern North America as far north as Ontario. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Noddingcaps is a common name for plants in this genus. ^[7]

• Triphora amazonica Schltr. - Florida, Caribbean, south to Brazil
• Triphora carnosula (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil
• Triphora craigheadii Luer - Florida
• Triphora debilis (Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
• Triphora duckei Schltr. - Brazil
• Triphora foldatsii Carnevali - Venezuela
• Triphora gentianoides (Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr. - Florida, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bahamas, Greater Antilles
• Triphora hassleriana (Cogn. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Schltr. - from Mexico to Argentina
• Triphora heringeri Pabst - Brazil
• Triphora miserrima (Cogn.) Acuña - Cuba, Hispaniola
• Triphora nitida (Schltr.) Schltr. - Costa Rica
• Triphora pusilla (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Brazil
• Triphora ravenii (L.O.Williams) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama
• Triphora santamariensis Portalet - Brazil
• Triphora surinamensis (Lindl. ex Benth.) Britton - West Indies south to Brazil
• Triphora trianthophoros (Sw.) Rydb. Ontario, Eastern United States, much of Mexico
• Triphora uniflora A.W.C.Ferreira, Baptista & Pansarin - Brazil
• Triphora wagneri Schltr. - from Mexico to Ecuador
• Triphora yucatanensis Ames - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of North America v 26 p 592, Triphora Nuttall, Three-birds orchid
3. Biota of North America Program, county distribution map, genus Triphora
4. Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany (2): 383–466
5. Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
6. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
7. NRCS. "Triphora". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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