Trevoria is a genus of orchids native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. It grows in intermediate temperature and is found from Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Bolivia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
Trevoria was described by FC Lehmann in 1897.Lehmann, Friedrich Carl. 1897. Gardeners' Chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ser. 3, 21: 345–346 A photo of this single plant is also in the new vol 6 of the book Native Colombian Orchids: Volume 6: Supplement: Leucohyle-Zootrophion (1998). The name is in honor of Sir Trevor Lawrence a specialist in orchids who at the time maintained one of the finest collections of orchids in England at his home Burford Lodge, in Surrey, and a former president of The Royal Horticultural Society.
Species Species recognized as of June 2014:
Trevoria chloris Lehm. - Colombia Trevoria escobariana Garay - Colombia, Ecuador Trevoria glumacea Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua Trevoria lehmannii Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador Trevoria zahlbruckneriana (Schltr.) Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia
References
External links Trevoria chloris IOSPE photo, Trevoria chloris F. Lehm. 1897 Photo courtesy of Hans-Gerhardt Seeger