Trizeuxis

Trizeuxis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Trizeuxis falcata, native to the American Tropics (Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Trizeuxis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Trizeuxis Lindl.
Species:	T. falcata
Binomial name
Trizeuxis falcata Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
Trizeuxis andina Schltr.

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
3. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
4. Ferreira, A.W.C., Lima, M.I.S. & Pansarin, E.R. (2010). Orchidaceae na região central de São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 243-259.
5. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 383 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

External links

• Media related to Trizeuxis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Trizeuxis at Wikispecies
• IOSPE orchid photos, Trizeuxis falcata Lindl. 1823 Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders
• Projeto Orchidstudium, Trizeuxis falcata