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Trigonidium
Lindley ,in Bot. Reg. 23 (1837), t. 1923.
Maxillarieae .II,III.Gr. Diminutive of trigonos (three -cornered ). " ..... in allusion to the triangular form of several parts : the sepals form a 3-cornered cup; the gland on which the pollen masses rest is an obtuse-angled triangle ; and the stigma is a triangular excavation ."
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