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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Epidendrum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Epidendrum

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Orchidales Raf. pub. Anal. Nat.: 197. Apr-Jul 1815.       Subordo  Orchidineae Rchb. pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: xxxviii. Jul 1841.       Familia  Orchidaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Orchids       Subfamilia  Epidendroideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 233. Mai 1831.       Tribus  Epidendreae Lindl. pub. Collect. Bot.: 7, 16. Jan 1826.       Genus  Epidendrum L. pub. (1763) common name: star orchid

Named members of the Genus Epidendrum

1	Species  acunae auct. non Dressler syn. Epidendrum blancheanum
2	Species  anceps Jacq.
3	Species  antillanum Ackerman & H�gsater
4	Species  belvederense Fawcett & Rendle syn. Encyclia isochila
5	Species  blancheanum Urban common name: Acuna's star orchid
6	Species  boricuarum H�gsater & S�nchez common name: fleshy star orchid
7	Species  carpophorum B. Rodrigues
8	Species  ciliare L. common name: fringed star orchid
9	Species  cochleatum L.
	10    Varietas  triandrum Ames syn. Encyclia cochleata
11	Species  conopseum Ait. f. common name: green fly orchid
12	Species  cucullatum L. syn. Brassavola cucullata
13	Species  difforme auct. non Jacq. syn. Epidendrum boricuarum
14	Species  erythronioides Small syn. Encyclia boothiana
15	Species  isochilum Reichenb. f.
	16    Varietas  tridens Reichenb. f. syn. Encyclia isochila
17	Species  jamaicense Lindl. common name: umbrella star orchid
18	Species  kraenzlinii Bello syn. Psychilis kraenzlinii
19	Species  krugii Bello syn. Psychilis krugii
20	Species  latifolium (Lindl.) Garay & Sweet syn. Epidendrum boricuarum
21	Species  miserrimum Reichenb. f. common name: woodland tuftedorchid
22	Species  moirianum auct. non A.D. Hawkes syn. Epidendrum boricuarum
23	Species  mutelianum Cogn.
24	Species  nocturnum Jacq. common name: night scented orchid
25	Species  nodosum L. syn. Brassavola nodosa
26	Species  oncidioides Lindl.
	27    Varietas  gravidum (Lindl.) Ames syn. Encyclia gravida
28	Species  ottonis Reichenb. f. syn. Nidema ottonis
29	Species  pygmaeum Hook. syn. Encyclia pygmaea
30	Species  radicans Pav�n ex Lindley
31	Species  ramosum Jacq. common name: mountain star orchid
32	Species  rigidum Jacq. common name: stiff flower star orchid
33	Species  secundum Jacq. common name: lopsided star orchid
34	Species  sintenisii Reichenb. f. syn. Encyclia gravida
35	Species  strobiliferum Reichenb. f. common name: big cypress star orchid
36	Species  tampense Lindl. syn. Encyclia tampensis
37	Species  tridens Poepp. & Endl.
38	Species  vicentinum Lindl. common name: guilarte
39	Species  x obrienianum Rolfe

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.