Tetramicra | |
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Tetramicra elegans 1831 illustration [1] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Epidendreae |
Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
Genus: |
Tetramicra Lindl. |
Type species | |
Cymbidium rigidum (syn of
Tetramicra canaliculata) |
Tetramicra is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the West Indies. [2] [3] Tetramicra canaliculata has also been reported from southern Florida, but these reports have been challenged. [4] Tetramicra is abbreviated Ttma. in the horticultural trade. [5]
Most species are terrestrial, (the exception being T. malpighiarum) and lacking pseudobulbs (with the exception of T. bulbosa), with rigid, linear, terete or triquetrous leaves and a terminal inflorescence consisting of a slender few- to several-flowered peduncle. Pollinia eight, 4 larger and four smaller.
Species accepted as of April 2016:
Tetramicra | |
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Tetramicra elegans 1831 illustration [1] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Epidendreae |
Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
Genus: |
Tetramicra Lindl. |
Type species | |
Cymbidium rigidum (syn of
Tetramicra canaliculata) |
Tetramicra is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the West Indies. [2] [3] Tetramicra canaliculata has also been reported from southern Florida, but these reports have been challenged. [4] Tetramicra is abbreviated Ttma. in the horticultural trade. [5]
Most species are terrestrial, (the exception being T. malpighiarum) and lacking pseudobulbs (with the exception of T. bulbosa), with rigid, linear, terete or triquetrous leaves and a terminal inflorescence consisting of a slender few- to several-flowered peduncle. Pollinia eight, 4 larger and four smaller.
Species accepted as of April 2016: