GROUP Pleuranthium SUBGROUP Dendrobii

Characterized by the sympodial, caespitose, canelike, tall stems with several short lateral inflorescence with several flowers per raceme, and has a short or reduced clinadrium hood.

  1. Epidendrum brachybotrys Ackerman & Montalvo 1986 Panama

  2. Epidendrum aggregatum Lindl. 1841 Ecuador and Peru

  3. Epidendrum dendrobii Rchb.f. 1850

  4. Epidendrum dendromacroophorum Hágsater, E.Santiago & O.Pérez 2013 Colombia Ecuador

  5. Epidendrum pleurobotrys Schltr. 1921 Ecuador and Peru

GROUP Pleuranthium SUBGROUP Phragmites

Characterized by the caespitose habit, cane-like, elongate stems with several short, lateral inflorescence

  1. Epidendrum leonii D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1998 Peru

  2. Epidendrum lilijae Foldats 1968 Ecuador

  3. Epidendrum phragmites A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams 1968 Nicaragua Costa Rica

  4. Epidendrum phragmitoides Hágsater 2010 Colombia

  5. Epidendrum tripetaloides Hágsater & E.Santiago 2015 Mexico

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 728 Hamer 1982; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 752 Hagsater and Sanchez 2004 see note; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 813 Hagsater and Sanchez 2006 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 997 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1158 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1371 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1422 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 plate 1422 Hagsater E.Santiago & O.Pérez 2013 see recognition section; Orchids of the Department of Valle De Cauca Colombia Vol 2 Kolanowska, Hagsater etal. 2014 drawing/photo fide; Icones Orchidacearum 15 [1] Plate 1534 Hagsater & Sanchez 2015 see recognition section;

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