Trichosalpinx Explained
Trichosalpinx, commonly known as the bonnet orchid,[1] [2] is a genus of neotropical orchids containing 38 species. The genus is widespread across most of Latin America from northern Mexico to Bolivia, as well as the West Indies.[3]
Trichosalpinx is characterized by the presence of a ringed, ribbed sheath around the stem. The generic name means "trumpet with hair" and refers to this ring.
The genus formerly included over 100 species. Phylogenetic studies concluded that the genus as formerly circumscribed to be polyphyletic, and in 2023 many species were placed in the newly-described genus Karma.[4]
Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of July 2024.
- Trichosalpinx acestrochila
- Trichosalpinx blaisdellii
- Trichosalpinx bricenoensis
- Trichosalpinx calceolaris
- Trichosalpinx carinatus
- Trichosalpinx caudata
- Trichosalpinx ciliaris
- Trichosalpinx cryptantha
- Trichosalpinx deceptrix
- Trichosalpinx decorata
- Trichosalpinx dentialae
- Trichosalpinx diazii
- Trichosalpinx egleri
- Trichosalpinx inquisiviensis
- Trichosalpinx memor
- Trichosalpinx minutipetala
- Trichosalpinx navarrensis
- Trichosalpinx ollgaardiana
- Trichosalpinx orbicularis
- Trichosalpinx pandurata
- Trichosalpinx pringlei
- Trichosalpinx pseudolepanthes
- Trichosalpinx psilantha
- Trichosalpinx ramosii
- Trichosalpinx reflexa
- Trichosalpinx ringens
- Trichosalpinx roraimensis
- Trichosalpinx rotundata
- Trichosalpinx sanctuarii
- Trichosalpinx semilunata
- Trichosalpinx silverstonei
- Trichosalpinx spathulata
- Trichosalpinx trachystoma
- Trichosalpinx triangulipetala
- Trichosalpinx uvaria
- Trichosalpinx xiphochila
- Trichosalpinx zunagensis
Formerly placed here
Notes and References
- Web site: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Trichosalpinx . Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) . 2008-12-22.
- 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.
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name id=208291|Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Adam P. Karremans. "Karma, a New Genus in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae)," Harvard Papers in Botany 28(1), 61-69, (30 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v28iss1.2023.n7
