Epidendrum pseudepidendrum
False Epidendrum Epidendrum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Genus: | Epidendrum |
Subgenus: | E. subg. Epidendrum |
Section: | E. sect. Planifolia |
Subsection: | E. subsect. Paniculata |
Species: | E. pseudepidendrum |
Binomial name | |
Epidendrum pseudepidendrum Rchb.f. (1856) | |
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Botanical illustration of Epidendrum pseudepidendrum.
Epidendrum pseudepidendrum (the "False Epidendrum Epidendrum") is a species of orchid native to Costa Rica and Panama. The upright canes, which can reach 5 ft., bear paniculate inflorescences which can re-bloom for several years.[1] According to Reichenbach, the strange name is the result of first being named Pseudepidendrum spectabile, before being moved to Epidendrum.
The species E. xanthoianthinum Hágsater (1993) was first described as a gold variety of this species, with the name E. pseudepidendrum var. auratum Rchb.f. (1885).
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References and external links
- ↑ A. Phillips and C. Hill. "Reed-Stem Epidendrums" Orchids, Sep. 1998, the American Orchid Society
- H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)414, Berlin.
External identifiers for Epidendrum pseudepidendrum | |
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NCBI | 123139 |
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