Tetramicra (plant)
Genus of orchids
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Tetramicra is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the West Indies.[2][3] Tetramicra canaliculata has also been reported from southern Florida, but these reports have been challenged.[4] Tetramicra is abbreviated Ttma. in the horticultural trade.[5]
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| Tetramicra | |
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| Tetramicra elegans 1831 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Genus: | Tetramicra Lindl. |
| Type species | |
| Cymbidium rigidum (syn of Tetramicra canaliculata) | |
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:
- Tetramicra bulbosa Mansf. (1926) - Hispaniola, Jamaica
- Tetramicra canaliculata (Aubl.) Urb. (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, Sánchez-Abad & L.Navarro (2012)) - Cuba
- Tetramicra simplex Ames (1923) - Cuba
- Tetramicra tenera (A.Rich.) Griseb. ex Benth. (1881) - Cuba
- Tetramicra zanonii Nir (2000) - Dominican Republic
