Orchidaceae

Triphora Nutt.

First published in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 192 (1818)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SE. Canada, Central & E. U.S.A. to Tropical America.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Small terrestrial, sparsely leafy (or mycotrophic and leafless) herbs, growing from a subterranean corm-like tuber, and spreading by delicate stolons
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 2–4, alternate on the stem, sessile, relatively small or even reduced to mere sheaths
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a 1–several-flowered raceme or corymb
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small, axillary, pedicellate, erect or nodding; sepals and petals similar, free or somewhat connivent; lip sessile or clawed, parallel to the column, almost entire to 3-lobed, 1–3-crested, decurved at apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
Column slender, straight, apically entire or lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anther rigidly attached to top of column; pollinia 2, mealy
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ellipsoid to obovoid.
Distribution
A genus of about 25 temperate and tropical American species.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

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

  • 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