Tropidia polystachya, the young palm orchid,[2] is a species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, Greater Antilles, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Florida, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador (including Galápagos).[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
| Young palm orchid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Tropidia |
| Species: | T. polystachya
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidia polystachya (Swartz) Ames
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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References edit
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tropidia polystachya". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Flora of North America, v 26 p 596, young palm orchid, Tropidia polystachya (Swartz) Ames
- ^ Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Reports from the Botanical Institute, University of Aarhus 16: 1–74.
- ^ Dodson, C.H. & P.M. Dodson. 1980. Orchids of Ecuador. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum 4: 301–400.
- ^ Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395
- ^ Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.
- ^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
- ^ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map
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