Tropidia formosana Rolfe ex Hemsl. 1895
TYPE Photo/TYPE Drawing by © W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin 2006
Common Name The Formosan Tropidia
Flower Size .16" [4 mm]
Found in Taiwan in bamboo forests at elevations around 150 meters as a small to medium sized, hot growing terrestrial with an erect, more or less flattened stem carrying 3 to 5, plicate, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, rounded basally leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, terminal, .6" [1.5 cm] long, densely to 25 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, glabrous floral bracts and carrying greenish white, non resupinate flowers.
"Tropidia formosana bears a terminal, long inflorescence stem, with more than 20 flowers in a dense raceme, and a greenish perianth. In contrast, the inflorescence of T. curculigoides is mostly axillary, and the raceme is almost sessile, with only a few white flowers in the inflorescence." W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin
Synonyms Tropidia nanhuae W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9: 158 Rolfe ex Hemsl. 1895
Taiwania 51: 165 W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin 2006 as T nanhuae drawing/photo fide
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