Triphora gentianoides(Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr.

gentian noddingcaps

WFO wfo-0000328438 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Triphora gentianoides, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. a Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 204768886
Triphora gentianoides, photographed by Liz F
fig. b Liz F, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203594661
Triphora gentianoides, photographed by Liz F
fig. c Liz F, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203353520
Triphora gentianoides, photographed by Liz F
fig. d Liz F, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202751429
Triphora gentianoides, photographed by Liz F
fig. e Liz F, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202751303
Triphora gentianoides, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. f Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194600531
Triphora gentianoides, photographed by Claire Herzog
fig. g Claire Herzog, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142679321
Triphora gentianoides, photographed by juniem
fig. h juniem, CC0 1.0 / obs. 143057672

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Triphora gentianoides is native: Florida, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panamá, Venezuela FloridaMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaPanamáVenezuela BahamasCayman Is.
Native distribution of Triphora gentianoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Panamá PAN
Venezuela VEN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arethusa gentianoides (Sw.) Sw.
  • Limodorum gentianoides Sw.
  • Pogonia cubensis Rchb.f.
  • Pogonia gentianoides (Sw.) Spreng.
  • Pogonia lutea Schltr.
  • Triphora cubensis (Rchb.f.) Ames
  • Triphora gentianoides f. albidaviridis P.M.Br. & Steph.Jones
  • Triphora lutea (Schltr.) Schltr. ex Mansf.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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