Tropidia (Orchidaceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Tropidieae
Genus: Tropidia

Overview of species (34)

T. angulosa – T. bambusifolia – T. capitata – T. connata – T. corymbioides – T. curculigoides – T. disticha – T. effusa – T. emeishanica – T. formosana – T. gracilis – T. hegderaoi – T. janowskyi – T. kjellbergii – T. maxwellii – T. mindanaensis – T. mindorensis – T. multiflora – T. multinervis – T. nagamasui – T. namasiae – T. nipponica – T. pedunculata – T. polystachya – T. ramosa – T. reichenbachiana – T. robinsonii – T. saprophytica – T. schlechteriana – T. septemnervis – T. similis – T. somae – T. territorialis – T. viridifusca

Name

Tropidia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: sub t. 1618 (1833).

Type species: Tropidia curculigoides Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 497 (1840)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Decaisnea Lindl. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.º 7388 (1832), nom. nud.
- Cnemidia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618 (1833).
- Chloidia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 484 (1840).
- Ptychochilus Schauer, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19 (Suppl. 1): 431 (1843).
- Govindooia Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 34 (1853).
- Schoenomorphus Thorel ex Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 351 (1933).
- Muluorchis J.J.Wood, Kew Bull. 39: 73 (1984).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
- Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, Northern Territory.
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu.
Northern America
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lindley, J. (ed.) 1833–1834. Edwards's Botanical Register 19: tt. 1565–1652. James Ridgeway, London. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 622 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

'eFloras 2009. Tropidia in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Tropidia
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tropidia. Accessed: 2024 Jun 6.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Tropidia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jun 6. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Tropidia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jun 6. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Tropidia (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 6 Jun 2024.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Tropidia. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jun 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Tropidia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jun 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Crown orchids
перем коми: Тропидия
коми: Тропидия
кырык мары: Тропиди
svenska: Eldblomflugor
удмурт: Тропидия
中文: 竹茎兰属, 摺唇兰属
中文（简体）: 竹茎兰属