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 Edit this 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. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tropidia polystachya". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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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