134.0000
						Family
						Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789), nom. cons.
						
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
						Species listed in database: 30648; hybrids: 1477
						
							
								
								= Apostasiaceae    Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae    Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae    Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae    Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae    Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae    R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae    Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae    Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae    Lindl.; Key Bot. 73 (1835)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
						134.5801
						Genus
						Tropidia Lindl.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7386 (1832), et Bot. Reg. sub t. 1618 (1833)
						
Distribution: Tropical Asia from India into the Pacific, 1 tropical America widespread
						Species listed in database: 32
						
							
								
								= Chloidia    Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 484 (1840)
= Cnemidia    Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 19(1): sub t. 1618 (1833)
= Decaisnea    Lindl.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7388 (1832)
= Govindooia    Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 6: 34, t. 2090 (1853)
= Kalimantanorchis    Tsukaya, M.Nakaj. & H.Okada; Syst. Bot. 36(1): 52 (2011)
= Muluorchis    J.J.Wood; Kew Bull. 39(1): 73 (1984)
= Ptychochilus    Schauer; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 431, t. 12. B (1843)
= Schoenomorphus    Thorel ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 351, 352 (1933)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
					
					
					
					
						
						
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											Tropidia angulosa
										
										
									 (Lindl.) Blume; Coll. Orchid. 122 (1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi, S- & SW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Ryukyu Isl.  (Okinawa, Iriomote); Taiwan; Bhutan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar  (Sagaing, Taninthayi, Kachin); Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (once near Ipoh, Perak); Sumatra; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali)
			36 CHI TIB 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY PHI SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnemidia angulosa   Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 19(1): sub t. 1618 (1833)
= Cnemidia nervosa   (Wight) Bedd.; Man. Nílagiri [H.B.Grigg] 122 (1880)
= Cnemidia semilibera   Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 19(1): sub t. 1618 (1833)
= Decaisnea angulosa   Lindl. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7388 (1832), nomen
= Govindovia nervosa   Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 6: 34. t. 2090 (1853)
= Tropidia barbeyana   Schltr.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 300 (1906)
= Tropidia bellii   Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 730 (1932)
= Tropidia calcarata   Ames; Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 7 (1912)
= Tropidia govindovii   Blume; Coll. Orchid. 122 (1859)
= Tropidia semilibera   (Lindl.) Blume; Coll. Orchid. 122 (1859)
= Tropidia somae   Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 85 (1916) (as "somai")
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia bambusifolia
										
										
									 (Thwaites) Trimen; Cat. Pl. Ceylon. 90 (1885)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sri Lanka; Andaman / Nicobar Isl.
			40 SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnemidia bambusifolia   Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 314 (1861)
= Tropidia thwaitesii   Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 93 (1890)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia connata
										
										
									 J.J.Wood & A.Lamb; Checklist Orchids Borneo 47 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Borneo  (Sabah)
			42 BOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia corymbioides
										
										
									 Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 107 (1919)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia curculigoides
										
										
									 Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 497 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (SW-Guangxi, Hainan, Hongkong, Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Taiwan; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Myanmar  (Mon, Kachin, Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; +Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo  (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Sarawak); Brunei; Sulawesi; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Timor); Australia  (Northern Territory)
			36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BAN IND 41 AND CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR BRN JAW LSI MLY SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Schoenomorphus capitatus   Thorel ex Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 351 (1933)
= Tropidia assamica   Blume; Coll. Orchid. 124 (1858)
= Tropidia capitata   (Thorel ex Gagnep.) Ormerod; Checkl. Papuasian Orchids 437 (2017)
= Tropidia graminea   Blume; Coll. Orchid. 124 (1858)
= Tropidia hongkongensis   Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 40 (1903)
= Tropidia squamata   Blume; Coll. Orchid. 123 (1858)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia disticha
										
										
									 Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 94 (1905)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea, NE-Irian Jaya); Bismarck Arch.  (New Ireland, Manus Isl.); Solomon Isl.  (incl. New Georgia)
			42 NWG 43 BIS SOL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia effusa
										
										
									 Rchb.f.; Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 295 (1868)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Fiji; [Western] Samoa  (Savai´i)
			60 FIJ SAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnemidia ctenophora   Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 51 (1878)
= Tropidia ctenophora   (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake; Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 311 (1892)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia emeishanica
										
										
									 K.Y.Lang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20(2): 184 (1982)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (SW-Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia formosana
										
										
									 Rolfe ex Hemsl.; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9: 158 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Tropidia nanhuae   W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin; Taiwania 51: 165 (2006)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia gracilis
										
										
									 Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 95 (1905)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (NE-Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia hegderaoi
										
										
									 S.Misra; Nelumbo 54: 13 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia janowskyi
										
										
									 J.J.Sm.; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 23: 2 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (NE-Irian Jaya)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia kjellbergii
										
										
									 Ormerod & Juswara; Harvard Pap. Bot. 25(2): 153, fig. 2 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sulawesi
			42 SUL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia maxwellii
										
										
									 Ormerod; Checkl. Papuasian Orchids 438 (2017)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-China; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia
			36 CHI 40 BAN IND 41 CBD MYA THA
			
				Remarks: T. pedunculata p. p. for India and Indochina
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia mindorensis
										
										
									 Ames; Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 315 (1907)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Philippines
			42 PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia multiflora
										
										
									 J.J.Sm.; Blumea 5: 692 (1945)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Sumba)
			42 LSI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia multinervis
										
										
									 Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 91 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (SE-Papua New Guinea, NE-Irian Jaya)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia nagamasui
										
										
									 (Tsukaya, M.Nakaj. &  H.Okada) Ormerod & Juswara; Harvard Pap. Bot. 24(1): 30 (2019)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Borneo  (Kalimantan)
			42 BOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kalimantanorchis nagamasui   Tsukaya, M.Nakaj. & H.Okada; Syst. Bot. 36(1): 52 (2011)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia namasiae
										
										
									 C.K.Liao, T.P.Lin & M.S.Tang; Novon 22(4): 426 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan; India  (Manipur)
			38 TAI 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia nipponica
										
										
									 Masam.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 249 (1929)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Isl.); N-Ryukyu Isl.  (Osumi Gunto, Tokara Gunto); Taiwan
			38 JAP NNS TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Tropidia angulosa var. nipponica (Masam.) S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 2: 677 (1990)
= Tropidia angustifolia   C.L.Yeh & C.S.Leou; Taiwania 54(2): 140 (2009)
= Tropidia nipponica var. hachijoensis F.Maek. & Yokota; Fl. Jap. [Iwatsuki et al., eds.] 4b: 243 (2016)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia pedunculata
										
										
									 Blume; Coll. Orchid. 122 (1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Laos; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo  (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Sarawak); Philippines  (Mindanao); Java; Moluccas  (Seram, ?Tanimbar); New Guinea  (E-Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Fergusson Isl.)
			41 LAO 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Tropidia acuminata   Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 92 (1911)
= Tropidia maingayi   Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 93 (1890)
= Tropidia mindanaensis   Ames; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1553 (1912) [fide Ormerod 2017]
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia polystachya
										
										
									 (Sw.) Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 262 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan [I]; USA  (S-Florida); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola  (Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Colombia  (Magdalena); Venezuela  (Aragua, Zulia); Ecuador; Galapagos
			38 jap 78 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA HON NIC 81 CAY CUB HIS JAM PUE 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU GAL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chloidia polystachya   (Sw.) Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 644 (1863)
= Chloidia vernalis   Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 484 (1840)
= Corymborkis polystachya   (Sw.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
= Dendrorkis membranacea   (A.Rich.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
= Macrostylis vernalis   (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 11 (1854)
= Neottia polystachya   (Sw.) Sw.; Fl. Ind. Occid. 3: 1415 (1799)
= Polystachya membranacea   A.Rich.; Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 248 (1850)
= Serapias polystachya   Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 119 (1788)
= Stenorrhynchos polystachyon   (Sw.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 710 (1826)
= Tomotris polystachya   (Sw.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 89 (1837)
= Tropidia eatonii   Ames; Contr. Ames Bot. Lab. 1: 14 (1904)
= Tropidia membranacea   (A.Rich.) Szlach. & Kolan.; Mater. Orchid Fl. Colombia 1: 242 (2017)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia ramosa
										
										
									 J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 19: 38 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (E-Irian Jaya)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia reichenbachiana
										
										
									 Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 442 (1886)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Flores, Sumba); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya)
			42 LSI MOL NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia robinsonii
										
										
									 Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 6: 16 (1923)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Philippines  (Luzon)
			42 PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia saprophytica
										
										
									 J.J.Sm.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 27 (1927)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Borneo  (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Kalimantan, Sarawak)
			42 BOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Muluorchis ramosa   J.J.Wood; Kew Bull. 39: 74 (1984)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia schlechteriana
										
										
									 J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 15: 1 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Philippines; Moluccas  (Ternate, Halmaheira); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya)
			42 MOL NWG PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Tropidia triloba   J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 19: 38 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia septemnervis
										
										
									 (Schauer) Rchb.f.; Linnaea 25: 230 (1852)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Philippines
			42 PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ptychochilus septemnervis   Schauer; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 431, t. 12. B (1843)
= Tropidia minor   Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 65 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia similis
										
										
									 Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 93 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (NW-Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia sui
										
										
									 T.C.Hsu; Ill. Fl. Taiwan 2: 210 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hongkong); Taiwan
			36 CHI 38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia territorialis
										
										
									 D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.; Orchadian 14 (8: Scientific Suppl.): xi (-xii) (2004)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Tropidia viridifusca
										
										
									 Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 71 (1929)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Norfolk Isl.; New Caledonia  (widespread but not frequent); Vanuatu
			50 NFK 60 NWC VAN