Trisetella

Trisetella
	Trisetella hoeijeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Subtribe:	Pleurothallidinae
Genus:	Trisetella; Luer
Type species
	Trisetella triaristella;
Synonyms
	Triaristella (Rchb.) Brieger ex Luer; Triaristella Brieger, nom. inval.; Triaristellina Rauschert;

Trisetella is a genus of orchids, native to Central and South America. Twelve of the 23 currently known species are endemic to Ecuador.^[1]^[2] They bear small flowers with fused sepals and fused petals. The synsepal bears three hair-like tails, which is the namesake of Trisetella ("three little bristles").

Species accepted as of June 2014:^[1]

Trisetella abbreviata Luer - Ecuador
Trisetella andreettae Luer - Ecuador
Trisetella cordeliae Luer - Peru
Trisetella dalstroemii Luer - Ecuador
Trisetella didyma (Luer) Luer - Ecuador
Trisetella dressleri (Luer) Luer - Panama
Trisetella escobarii Luer - Colombia
Trisetella fissidens Luer & Hirtz - Ecuador
Trisetella gemmata (Rchb.f.) Luer - Colombia
Trisetella hirtzii Luer - Ecuador
Trisetella hoeijeri Luer & Hirtz - Ecuador
Trisetella klingeri Luer - Ecuador
Trisetella lasiochila Pupulin - Costa Rica
Trisetella nodulifera Luer & Hirtz - Ecuador, Peru
Trisetella pantex (Luer) Luer - Ecuador
Trisetella regia Königer - Peru
Trisetella scobina Luer - Ecuador, Bolivia
Trisetella sororia Luer & Andreetta - Ecuador
Trisetella strumosa Luer & Andreetta - Ecuador
Trisetella tenuissima (C.Schweinf.) Luer - Colombia, Panama
Trisetella triaristella (Rchb.f.) Luer - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
Trisetella triglochin (Rchb.f.) Luer - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas
Trisetella vittata (Luer) Luer - Ecuador

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

External links

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

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[WCSP-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] 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.

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