Tetramicra (plant)

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Tetramicra

Tetramicra elegans 1831 illustration^[1]
Scientific classification
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) Willd.

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

Species accepted as of April 2016:

Tetramicra bulbosa Mansf. (1926) - Hispaniola, Jamaica
Tetramicra canaliculata (Aubl.) Urb. (1918) - Florida (?), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles
Tetramicra ekmanii Mansf. (1926) - Cuba, Hispaniola
Tetramicra malpighiarum J.A.Hern. & M.A.Díaz (2000) - Cuba
Tetramicra parviflora Lindl. ex Griseb. (1864) - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
Tetramicra pratensis (Rchb.f.) Rolfe (1889) - Dominican Republic
Tetramicra riparia Vale, Sánchez-Abad & L.Navarro (2012)) - Cuba
Tetramicra simplex Ames (1923) - Cuba
Tetramicra tenera (A.Rich.) Griseb. ex Benth. (1881) - Cuba
Tetramicra zanonii Nir (2000) - Dominican Republic

References

^ T. Nicholson, MD del., Swan sc., William Jackson Hooker ed. - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 58 (N.S. 5) pl. 3098
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ 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.
^ McCartney, Chuck. 1997. The Tetramicra Mystery. The Palmetto Spring 1997, pp 12-15.
^ "Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. 2017.

External links

Media related to Tetramicra at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Tetramicra at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Tetramicra	Wikidata: Q1319259 Wikispecies: Tetramicra BOLD: 432308 CoL: 8W445 EoL: 29338 GBIF: 2847751 GRIN: 11984 iNaturalist: 362367 IPNI: 30042043-2 IRMNG: 1296932 ITIS: 43699 Open Tree of Life: 171039 PLANTS: TETRA8 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30042043-2 Tropicos: 40011994 WFO: wfo-4000037933

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