Triphora (plant)

Triphora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and eastern North America as far north as Ontario. Noddingcaps is a common name for plants in this genus.

1. Triphora amazonica Schltr. - Florida, Caribbean, south to Brazil
2. Triphora carnosula (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil
3. Triphora craigheadii Luer - Florida
4. Triphora debilis (Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
5. Triphora duckei Schltr. - Brazil
6. Triphora foldatsii Carnevali - Venezuela
7. Triphora gentianoides (Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr. - Florida, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Veenzuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bahamas, Greater Antilles
8. Triphora hassleriana (Cogn. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Schltr. - from Mexico to Argentina
9. Triphora heringeri Pabst - Brazil
10. Triphora miserrima (Cogn.) Acuña - Cuba, Hispaniola
11. Triphora nitida (Schltr.) Schltr. - Costa Rica
12. Triphora pusilla (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Brazil
13. Triphora ravenii (L.O.Williams) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama
14. Triphora santamariensis Portalet - Brazil
15. Triphora surinamensis (Lindl. ex Benth.) Britton - West Indies south to Brazil
16. Triphora trianthophora (Sw.) Rydb. Ontario, Eastern United States, much of Mexico
17. Triphora uniflora A.W.C.Ferreira, Baptista & Pansarin - Brazil
18. Triphora wagneri Schltr. - from Mexico to Ecuador
19. Triphora yucatanensis Ames - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula