GROUP Epidendropsis SUBGROUP Gracillimum

Characterized by the sympodial, caespitose, relatively small plants with nonthickened stems, long, narrow, sub-coriaceous leaves, and a long, paniculate inflorescence, and delicate small flowers.

  1. Epidendrum cryptorhachis Hágsater 2006 Ecuador

  2. Epidendrum erica-moroniae Hágsater & E.Santiago 2016 Peru

  3. Epidendrum gracillimum Rchb.f 1854 Ecuador Peru

  4. Epidendrum joaquin-ortizii Hágsater, E.Santiago & Salas Guerr. 2016 Peru

  5. Epidendrum llactapataense D.E.Benn. & Christenson 2001 Peru

  6. Epidendrum pachyphyton Garay 1973 Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador

  7. Epidendrum physophorum Schltr. 1913 Bolivia

  8. Epidendrum rolfeanum F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899 Colombia Ecuador

  9. Epidendrum schlimii Rchb.f. 1850 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

  10. Epidendrum xerophyticum Hagsater & E.Santiago 2016 Ecuador

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 048 Bennett & Christenson 1993; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 823 Hagsater and Sanchez 2006 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 15 [2] Plate 1580 Hagsater & Sanchez 2016 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 15 [2] Plate 1587 Hagsater & Sanchez 2016 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 15 [2] Plate 1600 Hagsater & Sanchez 2016 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 16[1] Plate 1656 Hagsater & Santiago 2018 See recognition section

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