Trevoria Explained

Trevoria is a genus of orchids native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. It grows in intermediate temperature and is found from Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Bolivia.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Trevoria was described by FC Lehmann in 1897.^[5] A photo of this single plant is also in the new vol 6 of the book Native Colombian Orchids: Volume 6: Supplement: Leucohyle-Zootrophion (1998). The name is in honor of Sir Trevor Lawrence a specialist in orchids who at the time maintained one of the finest collections of orchids in England at his home Burford Lodge, in Surrey, and a former president of The Royal Horticultural Society.

Species

Species recognized as of June 2014:^[1]

1. Trevoria chloris Lehm. - Colombia
2. Trevoria escobariana Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
3. Trevoria glumacea Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
4. Trevoria lehmannii Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
5. Trevoria zahlbruckneriana (Schltr.) Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia

External links

• Trevoria chloris
• IOSPE photo, Trevoria chloris F. Lehm. 1897 Photo courtesy of Hans-Gerhardt Seeger

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=207642 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
3. Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
4. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25902383#page/381/mode/1up Lehmann, Friedrich Carl. 1897. Gardeners' Chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ser. 3, 21: 345–346