Trichoceros is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. The genus is endemic to South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesVásquez C., R. & C.H. Dodson. 1982. Orchids of Bolivia. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum fasicle 6: 501–600.Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador–A checklist. AAU Reports 34: 1–443.Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
Species Species accepted as of June 2014: Image Name Distribution Elevation (m) Trichoceros antennifer (Humb. & Bonpl.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Trichoceros carinifer Schltr. Ecuador Trichoceros cristinae P.Ortiz & C.Uribe Colombia Trichoceros dombeyi D.E.Benn. & Christenson Peru Trichoceros hajekiorum D.E.Benn. & Christenson Peru Trichoceros muralis Lindl. Ecuador Trichoceros onaensis Christenson Ecuador Trichoceros platyceros Rchb.f. Peru, Ecuador Trichoceros roseus Christenson Ecuador Trichoceros tupaipi Rchb.f. Peru
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
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