Kingdom Plantae Family Orchidaceae Tribe Tropidieae | Order Asparagales Subfamily Epidendroideae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Aphyllorchis, Corymborkis, Myrmechis, Hetaeria, Oreorchis | ||
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Tropidia is a genus of terrestrial, partly myco-heterotrophic orchids distributed across the warmer parts of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Species are known that are native to China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, Indonesia, Indochina, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, Latin America (from Mexico to Ecuador), the West Indies, Florida, and various islands of the Pacific (Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Galápagos, Vanuatu, the Ryukyus, etc.)
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Species
Species recognized as of June 2014:
- Tropidia acuminata Schltr. - New Guinea
- Tropidia angulosa (Lindl.) Blume - Guangxi, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, India, Assam, Bangladesh, Java, Sumatra, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Tropidia angustifolia C.L.Yeh & C.S.Leou - Taiwan
- Tropidia bambusifolia (Thwaites) Trimen - southern India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands
- Tropidia connata J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & P.J.Cribb - Sabah
- Tropidia corymbioides Schltr. - New Guinea
- Tropidia curculigoides Lindl. - widespread across southern China, the Himalayas, the Andaman Islands, Indochina, much of Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the Northern Territory of Australia
- Tropidia disticha Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - New Guinea, Solomons, Bismarcks
- Tropidia effusa Rchb.f. in B.Seemann - Fiji, Samoa
- Tropidia emeishanica K.Y.Lang - Sichuan
- Tropidia gracilis Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - New Guinea
- Tropidia janowskyi J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
- Tropidia mindanaensis Ames - Mindanao
- Tropidia mindorensis Ames - Mindoro
- Tropidia multiflora J.J.Sm. - Sumba
- Tropidia multinervis Schltr. - New Guinea
- Tropidia nanhuae W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin - Taiwan
- Tropidia nipponica Masam. - Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
- Tropidia pedunculata Blume - widespread from the western Himalayas to New Guinea, including Indochina, Malaysia, Philippines and much of Indonesia
- Tropidia polystachya (Sw.) Ames - Florida, Mexico, Central America, West Indies (including Bahamas and Cayman Islands), Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (including Galápagos)
- Tropidia ramosa J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
- Tropidia reichenbachiana Kraenzl. - Maluku
- Tropidia robinsonii Ames - Luzon
- Tropidia saprophytica J.J.Sm. - Borneo
- Tropidia schlechteriana J.J.Sm. - Maluku
- Tropidia septemnervis (Schauer) Rchb.f. - Philippines
- Tropidia similis Schltr. - New Guinea
- Tropidia somae Hayata - Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, possibly Philippines
- Tropidia territorialis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. - Northern Territory of Australia
- Tropidia triloba J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
- Tropidia viridifusca Kraenzl. - Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island
References
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