Trichoceros Explained

Trichoceros is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.^[1] The genus is endemic to South America.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

Species accepted as of June 2014:^[2]

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Trichoceros antennifer (Humb. & Bonpl.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Trichoceros carinifer Schltr.	Ecuador
	Trichoceros cristinae P.Ortiz & C.Uribe	Colombia
	Trichoceros dombeyi D.E.Benn. & Christenson	Peru	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Trichoceros hajekiorum D.E.Benn. & Christenson	Peru	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Trichoceros muralis Lindl.	Ecuador	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Trichoceros onaensis Christenson	Ecuador	2400m (7,900feet)
	Trichoceros platyceros Rchb.f.	Peru, Ecuador	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Trichoceros roseus Christenson	Ecuador	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Trichoceros tupaipi Rchb.f.	Peru	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=208104 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Vásquez C., R. & C.H. Dodson. 1982. Orchids of Bolivia. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum fasicle 6: 501–600.
4. Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador–A checklist. AAU Reports 34: 1–443.
5. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.