TYPE Species for the GENUS

!Scaphosepalum verrucosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1888

The Genus has three sections

SECTION Distichum

SECTION Leiocaulium

SECTION Scaphoepalum

Scaphosepalum SECTION Distichum Luer 1988

TYPE Species for the SECTION

!Scaphosepalum grande Kraenzl. 1922

"Recognized by the smooth peduncles bearing more or less congested, distichous racemes with compartitively large, broad, conspiculous floral bracts." Luer 1988

The species

1. Scaphosepalum clavellatum Luer 1976 Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador

2. Scaphosepalum decorum Luer & R. Escobar 1982 Colombia

3. Scaphosepalum grande Kraenzl. 1922 Colombia

4. Scaphosepalum manningii Luer 1998 Venezuela

5. Scaphosepalum microdactylum Rolfe 1893 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador

Scaphosepalum SECTION Leiocualium

TYPE Species for the SECTION

!Scaphosepalum swertiifolium [Rchb.f]Rolfe 1890

"Distinguished by the slender, ascending to descending, non-verrucosepeduncles, loose to congested, occasionally distichous racemes with slender or non-conspicuous floral bracts." Luer 1988

The Species

1. Scaphosepalum acutiusculum Vierling 2020 ?

2. Scaphosepalum anchoriferum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador

3. Scaphosepalum andreettae Luer 1985 Ecuador

4. Scaphosepalum beluosum Luer 1979 Ecuador

5. Scaphosepalum bicolor Luer & R.Escobar 1981 Colombia

6. Scaphosepalum bicristatum Luer 2002 Colombia

7. Scaphosepalum cimex Luer & Hirtz 1988 Ecuador

8. Scaphosepalum cloesii Luer 1998 Ecuador

9. Scaphosepalum corniculatum Vierling 2018 Western South America?

10. Scaphosepalum dalstroemii Luer 1984 Ecuador

11. Scaphosepalum delhierroi Luer & Hirtz 1991 Ecuador

12. Scaphosepalum digitale Luer & Hirtz 1991 Ecuador

13. Scaphosepalum dodsonii Luer 1983 Ecuador

14. Scaphosepalum endresianum Kraenzl. 1921 Costa Rica, Panama

15. Scaphosepalum fimbriatum Luer & Hirtz 1988 Ecuador

16. Scaphosepalum globosum Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

17. Scaphosepalum hirtzii Luer 1980 Ecuador

18. Scaphosepalum jostii Luer 1998 Ecuador

19. Scaphosepalum luanneae Baquero 2019 Ecuador

20. Scaphosepalum macrodactylum (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1890 Colombia

21. Scaphosepalum medinae Luer & J.J. Portilla 2000 Ecuador

22. Scaphosepalum odontochilum Kraenzl. 1925 Colombia

23. Scaphosepalum ophidion Luer 1981 Colombia, Ecuador

24. Scaphosepalum ovulare Luer 1976 Ecuador

25. Scaphosepalum panduratum Luer & R.Escobar 1997 Colombia

26. Scaphosepalum parviflorum Luer & Hirtz 1992 Ecuador

27. Scaphosepalum pleurothallodes Luer & Hirtz 1992 Ecuador

28. Scaphosepalum portillae Luer 2002 Ecuador

29. Scaphosepalum rapax Luer 1976 Ecuador

30. Scaphosepalum reptans Luer & Hirtz 2009 Ecuador

31. Scaphosepalum sorgii Vierling 2020 ?

32. !Scaphosepalum swertiifolium [Rchb.f]Rolfe 1890 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

33. Scaphosepalum tarantula Baquero & Hirtz 2018 Ecuador

34. Scaphosepalum translucens Luer & Hirtz 2013 Ecuador

35. Scaphosepalum ursinum Luer 1979 Ecuador

36. Scaphosepalum viviparum Luer 1978 Panama

37. Scaphosepalum ximenae Luer & Hirtz 2012 Ecuador

38. Scaphosepalum zieglerae Baquero 2017 Ecuador

Scaphosepalum SECTION Scaphoepalum

TYPE Species for the SECTION

Scaphosepalum verrucosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1888

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The species

1. Scaphosepalum antenniferum Rolfe 1890 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

2. Scaphosepalum atropurpureum L.Valenz. 2015 Peru

3. Scaphosepalum breve (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and also in Bolivia

4. Scaphosepalum gibberosum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 Colombia

5. Scaphosepalum lima (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920 Colombia

6. Scaphosepalum martineae Luer 1998 Peru

7. Scaphosepalum merinoi Luer 2002 Ecuador

8. Scaphosepalum pulvinare [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1890 Colombia

9. Scaphosepalum redderianum Luer & Sijm 2009 Ecuador

10. Scaphosepalum tiaratum Luer 1981 Colombia, Ecuador

11. Scaphosepalum triceratops Luer & Andreetta 1988 Ecuador

12. !Scaphosepalum verrucosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1888 Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and Guyana

13. Scaphosepalum xystra Luer 1988 Venezuela, Colombia

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