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]
| 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) | |
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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 edit
Media related to Tetramicra at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Tetramicra at Wikispecies
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