Tropidia polystachya

Tropidia polystachya, the young palm orchid,[2] is a species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, Greater Antilles, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Florida, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador (including Galápagos).[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Young palm orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Tropidia
Species:
T. polystachya
Binomial name
Tropidia polystachya
(Swartz) Ames
Synonyms[1]
  • Serapias polystachya Sw.
  • Neottia polystachya (Sw.) Sw.
  • Stenorrhynchos polystachyon (Sw.) Spreng.
  • Tomotris polystachya (Sw.) Raf.
  • Chloidia polystachya (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
  • Corymborkis polystachya (Sw.) Kuntze

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Tropidia polystachya". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. Flora of North America, v 26 p 596, young palm orchid, Tropidia polystachya (Swartz) Ames
  4. Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Reports from the Botanical Institute, University of Aarhus 16: 1–74.
  5. Dodson, C.H. & P.M. Dodson. 1980. Orchids of Ecuador. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum 4: 301–400.
  6. Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395
  7. 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 5(2): 383–466.
  8. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  9. Biota of North America Program, county distribution map
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