Triphora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and eastern North America as far north as Ontario.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of North America v 26 p 592, Triphora Nuttall, Three-birds orchid Biota of North America Program, county distribution map, genus TriphoraCarnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany (2): 383–466Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Noddingcaps is a common name for plants in this genus.
Triphora amazonica Schltr. - Florida, Caribbean, south to Brazil Triphora carnosula (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil Triphora craigheadii Luer - Florida Triphora debilis (Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama Triphora duckei Schltr. - Brazil Triphora foldatsii Carnevali - Venezuela Triphora gentianoides (Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr. - Florida, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bahamas, Greater Antilles Triphora hassleriana (Cogn. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Schltr. - from Mexico to Argentina Triphora heringeri Pabst - Brazil Triphora miserrima (Cogn.) Acuña - Cuba, Hispaniola Triphora nitida (Schltr.) Schltr. - Costa Rica Triphora pusilla (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Brazil Triphora ravenii (L.O.Williams) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama Triphora santamariensis Portalet - Brazil Triphora surinamensis (Lindl. ex Benth.) Britton - West Indies south to Brazil Triphora trianthophoros (Sw.) Rydb. Ontario, Eastern United States, much of Mexico Triphora uniflora A.W.C.Ferreira, Baptista & Pansarin - Brazil Triphora wagneri Schltr. - from Mexico to Ecuador Triphora yucatanensis Ames - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
References
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart