Help us maintain this website and keep it free and open for our community of scientists, students, and conservation managers, who depend on it to obtain the most up to date information. Help us save species and restore native ecosystems!

Close

Please scroll to the bottom for more images.
Triphora gentianoides (Sw.) Ames & Schltr.
Gentian noddingcaps

Triphora gentianoides
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Orchidaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Other data on Triphora gentianoides available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Triphora gentianoides has been found in the following 11 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. Doug Barnes Park Present Native
Alice C. Wainwright Park Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native
Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Greynolds Park Present Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native

Triphora gentianoides has been found in the following 5 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Collier County Native
Lee County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Palm Beach County Native

Triphora gentianoides has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Disturbed Upland
Rockland Hammock

All Images:

Triphora gentianoides
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Triphora gentianoides
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Triphora gentianoides
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Triphora gentianoides
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Triphora gentianoides
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.