Trevoria

Trevoria is a genus of orchids native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. It grows in intermediate temperature and is found from Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Bolivia.^[2][3][4][5]

Trevoria
Trevoria chloris 1900 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Stanhopeinae
Genus:	Trevoria F.Lehm. (1897)
Type species
Trevoria chloris F.Lehm.
Synonyms[2]
Endresiella Schltr.

Trevoria was described by FC Lehmann in 1897.^[6] 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 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 Royal Horticultural Society.

Species

Species recognized as of June 2014:^[2]

1. Trevoria chloris Lehm. - Colombia
2. Trevoria escobariana Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
3. Trevoria glumacea Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
4. Trevoria lehmannii Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
5. Trevoria zahlbruckneriana (Schltr.) Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia