Trichosalpinx

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Bonnet orchid

| image = Pleurothallis ciliaris - infl.jpg

| image_caption = Trichosalpinx ciliaris

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Trichosalpinx

| authority = Luer (1983)

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = Pseudolepanthes (Luer) Archila (2000 publ. 2009)

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Trichosalpinx, commonly known as the bonnet orchid,{{cite web| title=Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Trichosalpinx | publisher=Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |url=http://siit.conabio.gob.mx/pls/itisca/next?v_tsn=564910&taxa=&p_format=&p_ifx=cbif&p_lang= | access-date=2008-12-22}}Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. is a genus of neotropical orchids containing 38 species. The genus is widespread across most of Latin America from northern Mexico to Bolivia, as well as the West Indies.http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name id=208291|Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]]

Trichosalpinx is characterized by the presence of a ringed, ribbed sheath around the stem. The generic name means "trumpet with hair" and refers to this ring.

The genus formerly included over 100 species. Phylogenetic studies concluded that the genus as formerly circumscribed to be polyphyletic, and in 2023 many species were placed in the newly-described genus Karma.Adam P. Karremans. "Karma, a New Genus in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae)," Harvard Papers in Botany 28(1), 61-69, (30 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v28iss1.2023.n7