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Trident Orchid
Tridactyle
Tridactyle is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has about 60-70 known species, all native to sub-Saharan Africa.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Two Tails—Three Fingers
speciesTridactyle bicaudata

Threetail Trident Orchid
speciesTridactyle tricuspis

Threetooth Trident Orchid
speciesTridactyle tridentata

Tridactyle anthomaniaca
speciesTridactyle anthomaniaca

Tridactyle tridactylites
speciesTridactyle tridactylites

Tridactyle filifolia
speciesTridactyle filifolia

Tridactyle scottellii
speciesTridactyle scottellii

Tridactyle citrina
speciesTridactyle citrina

Tridactyle minutifolia
speciesTridactyle minutifolia

Tridactyle verrucosa
speciesTridactyle verrucosa

Tridactyle flabellata
speciesTridactyle flabellata

Tridactyle latifolia
speciesTridactyle latifolia

Hangman Trident Orchid
speciesTridactyle gentilii

Tridactyle oblongifolia
speciesTridactyle oblongifolia

Tridactyle cruciformis
speciesTridactyle cruciformis

Tridactyle translucens
speciesTridactyle translucens

Tridactyle virginea
speciesTridactyle virginea

Tridactyle brevifolia
speciesTridactyle brevifolia

Tridactyle virgula
speciesTridactyle virgula

Tridactyle minuta
speciesTridactyle minuta
Tridactyle phaeocephala
speciesTridactyle phaeocephala
Tridactyle thomensis
speciesTridactyle thomensis
Tridactyle trimikeorum
speciesTridactyle trimikeorum
Tridactyle stipulata
speciesTridactyle stipulata
Tridactyle inaequilonga
speciesTridactyle inaequilonga
Tridactyle exellii
speciesTridactyle exellii
Tridactyle aurantiopunctata
speciesTridactyle aurantiopunctata
Tridactyle armeniaca
speciesTridactyle armeniaca
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142513.