Trichoceros

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Trichoceros muralis Orchi 058.jpg

| image_caption = Trichoceros muralis

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| taxon = Trichoceros

| authority = Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth

| type_species =Trichoceros antennifer

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Trichoceros is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.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. The genus is endemic to South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=208104 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Vásquez C., R. & C.H. Dodson. 1982. Orchids of Bolivia. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum fasicle 6: 501–600.Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador–A checklist. AAU Reports 34: 1–443.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.

Species

Species accepted as of June 2014:

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ImageNameDistributionElevation (m)
120pxTrichoceros antennifer (Humb. & Bonpl.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.KunthBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru{{convert| 1800-4100|m|ft}}
Trichoceros carinifer Schltr.Ecuador
Trichoceros cristinae P.Ortiz & C.UribeColombia
Trichoceros dombeyi D.E.Benn. & ChristensonPeru{{convert|2600 - 3200|m|ft}}
Trichoceros hajekiorum D.E.Benn. & ChristensonPeru{{convert|3200 - 3300 |m|ft}}
120pxTrichoceros muralis Lindl.Ecuador{{convert| 2200 - 3200 |m|ft}}
120pxTrichoceros onaensis ChristensonEcuador{{convert|2400 |m|ft}}
Trichoceros platyceros Rchb.f.Peru, Ecuador{{convert| 2250 - 3000 |m|ft}}
Trichoceros roseus ChristensonEcuador{{convert|2200 to 2700|m|ft}}
Trichoceros tupaipi Rchb.f.Peru{{convert|2600 - 3500 |m|ft}}

See also

References

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