GROUP Epidanthus
Characterized by the short, small somewhat scandent plants with very thin stems carrying very narrow, more or less fleshy leaves each one with a small, triangular, acute opposing ligule that blooms on an apical, distichous, usually secund inflorescence and has 2 to 4 pollina.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 1220 Hamer 1985; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 737 Hamer 1982; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 419 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 9 Plate 910 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 943 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 946 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 947 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 959 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 962 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 984 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 991 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 995 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 998 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1367 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section;
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