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|accepted_name=Tropidia
|accepted_authority=Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Edwards’s Bot. Reg.
|place=19: text for plate 1618. 1833
|year=1833
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tomotris
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Tropidieae;Tropidia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Tropidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tropidia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek tropideion, keel, referring to the boat-shaped floral lip of many species
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 496
|treatment_page=page 595
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial, cespitose, erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture"><b>Roots </b>branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="rhizome height or length or size;rhizome texture"><b>Rhizomes </b>short, rigid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem shape;stem size;stem texture"><b>Stems </b>erect, branched or simple, reedlike, slender, hard.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf quantity"><b>Leaves </b>few, cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sheath architecture">sheaths not articulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade arrangement or shape;blade architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation;blade width">blade convolute, plicate, thin.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence quantity;inflorescence architecture;panicle architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or occasionally from axils of distal leaves, few to many-flowered panicles [racemes, rarely glomerate], pedunculate [sessile].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower orientation;flower size"><b>Flowers </b>resupinate, small;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal size">sepals subequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="lateral sepal fusion;mentum size">lateral sepals distinct [connate at base], forming small mentum;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal shape;petal height or length or size">petals similar to sepals, slightly falcate, shorter than sepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="lip architecture;base architecture or shape">lip sessile, base saccate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="column height or length or size;column texture;foot height or length or size">column short, fleshy, with short foot;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther position;anther orientation;anther size;rostellum length;rostellum length">anther abaxial, erect, subequal to rostellum, more than 1/2 length of column;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="pollinium quantity;pollinium architecture">pollinia 2, sectile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="viscidium position or structure subtype">viscidium terminal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule shape"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, oblong, cylindric.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;w Pacific
|discussion=<p>Species 20 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
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name=Tropidia
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Lindley
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=Tomotris
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;w Pacific
|reference=None
|publication title=Edwards’s Bot. Reg.
|publication year=1833
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Tropidieae
|genus=Tropidia
|anther orientation=erect
|anther position=abaxial
|anther size=subequal
|base architecture or shape=saccate
|blade architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation=plicate
|blade arrangement or shape=convolute
|blade width=thin
|column height or length or size=short
|column texture=fleshy
|flower orientation=resupinate
|flower size=small
|foot height or length or size=short
|fruits capsule shape=cylindric;oblong
|inflorescence architecture=pedunculate
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=occasionally;terminal
|inflorescence quantity=few
|lateral sepal fusion=distinct
|leaf quantity=few
|lip architecture=sessile
|mentum size=small
|panicle architecture=many-flowered
|petal height or length or size=shorter
|petal shape=falcate
|pollinium architecture=sectile
|pollinium quantity=2
|rhizome height or length or size=short
|rhizome texture=rigid
|root architecture=branched
|rostellum length=/2 length of column;1 length of column
|sepal size=subequal
|sheath architecture=not articulate
|stem architecture=simple;branched
|stem orientation=erect
|stem shape=reedlike
|stem size=slender
|stem texture=hard
|stigma architecture or shape=entire
|viscidium position or structure subtype=terminal
|whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial
|whole_organism orientation=erect
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