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Trisetella
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Trisetella

Trisetella is a genus of orchids, native to Central and South America. Twelve of the 23 currently known species are endemic to Ecuador. They bear small flowers with fused sepals and fused petals. The synsepal bears three hair-like tails, which is the namesake of Trisetella ("three little bristles").

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Trisetella triglochin

speciesTrisetella triglochin

Trisetella pantex

speciesTrisetella pantex

Trisetella hoeijeri

speciesTrisetella hoeijeri

Trisetella dalstroemii

speciesTrisetella dalstroemii

Trisetella regia

speciesTrisetella regia

Trisetella scobina

speciesTrisetella scobina

Trisetella hirtzii

speciesTrisetella hirtzii

Trisetella abbreviata

speciesTrisetella abbreviata

Trisetella triaristella

speciesTrisetella triaristella

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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 577064.