- Source: Tetramicra (plant)
Tetramicra is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the West Indies. Tetramicra canaliculata has also been reported from southern Florida, but these reports have been challenged.
Tetramicra is abbreviated Ttma. in the horticultural trade.
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
References
External links
Media related to Tetramicra at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Tetramicra at Wikispecies