Tropidia (plant)
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For the fly genus, see Tropidia (fly).
Tropidia, commonly known as crown orchids,[2] is a genus of about thirty species of evergreen terrestrial orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They have thin, wiry stems with two or more tough, pleated leaves with a flowering spike at the top of the stem, bearing crowded flowers. Species in this genus are distributed across the warmer parts of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Quick Facts Crown orchids, Scientific classification ...
Crown orchids | |
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Tropidia curculigoides - the type species | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Tropidieae |
Genus: | Tropidia Lindl.[1] |
Synonyms[1] | |
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