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Trichoceros

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Trichoceros
Trichoceros muralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Trichoceros
Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
Type species
Trichoceros antennifer

Trichoceros is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[1] The genus is endemic to South America.[2][3][4][5]

Species

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Species accepted as of June 2014:[2]

Image Name Distribution Elevation (m)
Trichoceros antennifer (Humb. & Bonpl.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru 1,800–4,100 metres (5,900–13,500 ft)
Trichoceros carinifer Schltr. Ecuador
Trichoceros cristinae P.Ortiz & C.Uribe Colombia
Trichoceros dombeyi D.E.Benn. & Christenson Peru 2,600–3,200 metres (8,500–10,500 ft)
Trichoceros hajekiorum D.E.Benn. & Christenson Peru 3,200–3,300 metres (10,500–10,800 ft)
Trichoceros muralis Lindl. Ecuador 2,200–3,200 metres (7,200–10,500 ft)
Trichoceros onaensis Christenson Ecuador 2,400 metres (7,900 ft)
Trichoceros platyceros Rchb.f. Peru, Ecuador 2,250–3,000 metres (7,380–9,840 ft)
Trichoceros roseus Christenson Ecuador 2,200 to 2,700 metres (7,200 to 8,900 ft)
Trichoceros tupaipi Rchb.f. Peru 2,600–3,500 metres (8,500–11,500 ft)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Vásquez C., R. & C.H. Dodson. 1982. Orchids of Bolivia. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum fasicle 6: 501–600.
  4. ^ Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador–A checklist. AAU Reports 34: 1–443.
  5. ^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
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