''Trevoria'' is a

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s native to southeastern

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and northwestern

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. It grows in intermediate temperature and is found from

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and

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/ref> ''Trevoria'' was described by FC Lehmann in 1897.Lehmann, Friedrich Carl. 1897. Gardeners' Chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ser. 3, 21: 345–346
/ref> 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 William Trevor Lawrence (born October 6, 1999) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Considered among the highest-touted college football prospect ...

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

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Species

Species recognized as of June 2014: #'' Trevoria chloris'' Lehm. - Colombia #'' Trevoria escobariana'' Garay - Colombia, Ecuador #'' Trevoria glumacea'' Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua #'' Trevoria lehmannii'' Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador #'' Trevoria zahlbruckneriana'' (Schltr.) Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia

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''Trevoria chloris''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3308278 Stanhopeinae genera Stanhopeinae