''Tetramicra'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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, native to the
West Indies
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. ''Tetramicra canaliculata'' has also been reported from southern
Florida
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, but these reports have been challenged.
''Tetramicra'' is abbreviated ''Ttma.'' in the horticultural trade.
Most species are terrestrial, (the exception being ''T. malpighiarum'') and lacking pseudobulbs (with the exception of ''T. bulbosa),'' with rigid, linear, terete or triquetrous leaves and a terminal inflorescence consisting of a slender few- to several-flowered peduncle. Pollinia eight, 4 larger and four smaller.
Species
Species accepted as of April 2016:
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# ''
Tetramicra bulbosa''
Mansf. (1926) - Hispaniola, Jamaica
# ''
Tetramicra canaliculata''
( Aubl.) Urb.
Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botany, botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Berlin Botanical Garden. B ...
(1918) - Florida (?), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles
# ''
Tetramicra ekmanii ''
Mansf. (1926) - Cuba, Hispaniola
# ''
Tetramicra malpighiarum''
J.A.Hern. & M.A.Díaz (2000) - Cuba
# ''
Tetramicra parviflora''
Lindl. ex Griseb. (1864) - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
# ''
Tetramicra pratensis''
(Rchb.f.) Rolfe (1889) - Dominican Republic
# ''
Tetramicra riparia''
Vale
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Vale may also refer to:
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Norway
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Portugal
* Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municip ...
, Sánchez-Abad & L.Navarro (2012)) - Cuba
# ''
Tetramicra simplex''
Ames
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(1923) - Cuba
# ''
Tetramicra tenera''
(A.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
) Griseb. ex Benth.
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(1881) - Cuba
# ''
Tetramicra zanonii''
Nir (2000) - Dominican Republic
References
External links
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Laeliinae genera
Laeliinae
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