''Triphora'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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. It is native to
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,
Central America
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, southern
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, the
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and eastern
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as far north as
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. Noddingcaps is a common name for plants in this genus.
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Triphora amazonica''
Schltr. - Florida, Caribbean, south to Brazil
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Triphora carnosula''
(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil
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Triphora craigheadii''
Luer - Florida
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Triphora debilis''
(Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
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Triphora duckei''
Schltr. - Brazil
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Triphora foldatsii''
Carnevali - Venezuela
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Triphora gentianoides''
(Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr. - Florida, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Veenzuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bahamas, Greater Antilles
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Triphora hassleriana''
(Cogn. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Schltr. - from Mexico to Argentina
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Triphora heringeri''
Pabst - Brazil
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Triphora miserrima''
(Cogn.) Acuña - Cuba, Hispaniola
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Triphora nitida''
(Schltr.) Schltr. - Costa Rica
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Triphora pusilla''
(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Brazil
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Triphora ravenii''
(L.O.Williams) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama
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Triphora santamariensis''
Portalet - Brazil
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Triphora surinamensis''
(Lindl. ex Benth.) Britton - West Indies south to Brazil
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Triphora trianthophoros''
(Sw.) Rydb. Ontario, Eastern United States, much of Mexico
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Triphora uniflora
''Triphora'' is the Genus, generic name of two groups of organisms. It can refer to:
*Triphora (gastropod), ''Triphora'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails in the family Triphoridae
*Triphora (plant), ''Triphora'' (plant), a genus of plants in t ...
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A.W.C.Ferreira, Baptista & Pansarin - Brazil
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Triphora wagneri''
Schltr. - from Mexico to Ecuador
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Triphora yucatanensis''
Ames - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula
See also
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List of Orchidaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' whi ...
References
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
* Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
Triphoreae genera
Triphorinae
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