Epidendrum verrucosum

Epidendrum verrucosum
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. verucosum
Binomial name
Epidendrum verucosum
Rchb.f. (1856)
Synonyms
  • Amphiglottis verrucosa (Sw.) Acuña (1939)
  • Oerstedella verrucosa (Sw.) Hágsater (1981)
  • Oerstedella hansenii (C.D.Adams) Nir (2000)

Epidendrum verrucosum is a species of Epidendrum orchid that was described by Schwartz in 1806. In 1861, Reichenbach placed it in subsection Euepidendrum Planifolia Paniculata of the genus Epidendrum.[1]

Homonymy

In 1844, Lindley published a description of a very different orchid, Encyclia adenocaula (Lex.) Schltr. (1918), under the name Epidendrum verrucosum,[2] making Epidendrum verrucosum Lindl. (1844) an illegitimate name, and a synonym for Encyclia adenocaula.

References

  1. H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI p. 414, Berlin, 1861
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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