Orchidaceae
Triphora

Triphora gentianoides (Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr.

First published in O.Ames, Orchidaceae 7: 5 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Florida to Tropical America. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Plant with erect glabrous dark red stem 8–26 cm tall; leaves 3–10, ovate, rounded to obtuse, sheathing, 8–16 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences in a short terminal corymb, 3–10- flowered, erect or somewhat spreading; bracts similar to leaves, ovate, acuminate, concave, 5–9 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers non-resupinate on pedicels up to 4 cm long or more; sepals narrowly oblong, 9–11 mm long, pale yellow-green and suffused with dark red- purple, 3-nerved; petals about as long as the sepals, white to pale yellow-green; lip 7.5–10 mm long, 3-lobed, white to pale green
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
Column 5–7 mm long, yellowish. Capsules 8–20 mm long, ellipsoid with 6 narrow keels.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Florida, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Mexico southward at scattered localities to Venezuela and Ecuador, rare or uncommon.
[Cayman]

Distribution
Elevation range: 10–100 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 10 - 100 m.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0