| Young palm orchid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Tropidia |
| Species: | T. polystachya |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidia polystachya (Swartz) Ames | |
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Tropidia polystachya, the young palm orchid, is a species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, Greater Antilles, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Florida, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador (including Galápagos).
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- NRCS. "Tropidia polystachya". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- Flora of North America, v 26 p 596, young palm orchid, Tropidia polystachya (Swartz) Ames
- Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Reports from the Botanical Institute, University of Aarhus 16: 1–74.
- Dodson, C.H. & P.M. Dodson. 1980. Orchids of Ecuador. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum 4: 301–400.
- Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395
- Carnevali 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 5(2): 383–466.
- Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
- Biota of North America Program, county distribution map
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Tropidia polystachya |
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| Serapias polystachya | |
- Tropidia (plant)
- Orchids of North America
- Orchids of Central America
- Orchids of South America
- Orchids of Belize
- Orchids of Colombia
- Orchids of Costa Rica
- Orchids of El Salvador
- Orchids of Ecuador
- Orchids of Florida
- Orchids of Guatemala
- Orchids of Honduras
- Orchids of Mexico
- Orchids of Panama
- Orchids of Venezuela
- Flora of the Caribbean
- Flora of the Bahamas
- Flora of the Cayman Islands
- Plants described in 1788