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]
Scientific classification e
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)
Willd.

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]

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. Mansf. (1926) - Hispaniola, Jamaica
  3. Tetramicra canaliculata (Aubl.) Urb. (1918) - Florida (?), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles
  4. Mansf. (1926) - Cuba, Hispaniola
  5. & (2000) - Cuba
  6. Lindl. ex Griseb. (1864) - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
  7. (Rchb.f.) Rolfe (1889) - Dominican Republic
  8. , & (2012)) - Cuba
  9. Ames (1923) - Cuba
  10. (A.Rich.) Griseb. ex Benth. (1881) - Cuba
  11. 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.

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