Epidendrum subg. Spathium
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John Lindley
published Epidendrum subg. Spathium of the Orchidaceae
. According to Lindley's diagnosis,, the E. subg. Spathium is recognizable by is sympodial
habit with individual stems being slender (without any tendency to from pseudobulbs) and covered by the bases of the distichous leaves, by the lip
of the flower being adnate to the column to its apex, and by the inflorescence
emerging from at least one spathe, similar to nearly all members of the genus Cattleya
as understood in the year 2000 (sensu MM). Reichenbach recognized 52 species in this subgenus, of which Kew accepts 48 (page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861):
In 2005, Hágsater & Soto designated the species Epidendrum adenoglossum
as the lectotype of Epidendrum subgenus Spathium.
John Lindley
John Lindley FRS was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.-Early years:Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden...
published Epidendrum subg. Spathium of the Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae
The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
. According to Lindley's diagnosis,, the E. subg. Spathium is recognizable by is sympodial
Sympodial
Sympodial means "with conjoined feet", and in biology is often used to refer to the outward morphology or mode of growth of organisms.-In botany:...
habit with individual stems being slender (without any tendency to from pseudobulbs) and covered by the bases of the distichous leaves, by the lip
Labellum
Labellum is the Latin diminutive of labium, meaning lip. These are anatomical terms used descriptively in biology, for example in Entomology and botany.-Botany:...
of the flower being adnate to the column to its apex, and by the inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
emerging from at least one spathe, similar to nearly all members of the genus Cattleya
Cattleya
Cattleya is a genus of 113 species of orchids from Costa Rica to tropical South America. The genus was named in 1824 by John Lindley after Sir William Cattley who received and successfully cultivated specimens of Cattleya labiata that were used as packing material in a shipment of other orchids...
as understood in the year 2000 (sensu MM). Reichenbach recognized 52 species in this subgenus, of which Kew accepts 48 (page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861):
- E. amplexicaule Lindl. 1853 (p. 370)
- E. acutissimum Lindl. 1853 (pp. 362–363)
- E. adenoglossumEpidendrum adenoglossumEpidendrum adenoglossum Lindl. is an orchid known primarily from its type herbarium specimen, Mathews 1073, collected in Peru near Pangoa. When Lindley published the name, he placed the species in the subgenus E. subg. Spathium Lindl. . In 2005, Hágsater & Soto designated this species as the...
Lindl. 1841 (p. 361)
- E. alpicolumEpidendrum alpicolumEpidendrum alpicolum Rchb.f. & Warsz., Bonplandia 2:110 , often called Epidendrum alpicola, is a tropical orchid native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at altitudes from 1.8—2.7 km-Description:...
Rchb.f. & Warsz. Bonplandia(Hannover)2:110(1854) (p. 366). Kew calls this E. alpicola, and accepts it thus. Bonplandia p. 110 says Epidendrum alpicolum.
- E. anthoceros LindenJean Jules LindenJean Jules Linden , was a Belgian botanist and explorer, horticulturist and businessman, specialising in orchids, on which subject he wrote a number of books....
& Rchb.f. 1854 (p. 366)
- E. armeniacumEpidendrum armeniacumEpidendrum armeniacum is an epiphytic species of reed-stemmed Epidendrum orchid that grows wild in Bolivia , Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, at altitudes of 1—2 km.-Description:...
Lindl. 1836 (p. 367)
- E. bivalve Lindl. 1853 (p. 365)
- E. brachyglossumEpidendrum brachyglossumEpidendrum brachyglossum Lindl. 1844 is a species of Epidendrum orchid native to the western slopes of the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and has been reported at altitudes ranging from 1.8 km, near Ocaña, Ayacucho, Peru,to 2.8 km, in Cajamarca,...
Lindl. 1844 (p. 362)
- E. breviveniumEpidendrum breviveniumEpidendrum brevivenium is a species of Epidendrum Orchid native to Peru and the provinces of Pichincha, Napo, and Tungurahua in Ecuador at altitudes of 2.8 to 3.4 km.-Description:...
Lindl. 1853 (p. 363)
- E. clowesii BatemanBateman-People:*Ahmad Bateman , professional golfer*Brian Bateman , professional golfer*Charles Bateman , architect*C. Donald Bateman, inventor and inductee on the National Inventors Hall of Fame...
ex Lindl. 1844 (p. 373)
- E. cnemidophorum Lindl. 1853 (p. 372)
- E. cornutumEpidendrum cornutumEpidendrum cornutum Lindl. is the accepted name for a species of Epidendrum native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at altitudes of 2.4—3 km....
Lindl. 1841 (pp. 365–366)
- E. cristatumEpidendrum cristatumEpidendrum cristatumRuiz & Pav. is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum which is known to grow both terrestrially and epiphytically at altitudes near 1 km in the Neotropics from Mexico through Brazil, as well as Trinidad.-Description:Epidendrum cristaum is an unusually large...
RuizRuizRuiz is a Hispanic surname meaning "son of Ruy". It refers to:*Persons**Adolfo Ruiz Cortines , President of Mexico 1952-1958.**Alejandro R. Ruiz, U.S...
& Pav. 1793 (p. 372 as E. raniferum Lindl. 1831 & E. raniferum var. luteum Lindl. 1853
- E. cylindraceumEpidendrum cylindraceumEpidendrum cylindraceum is a reed-stemmed Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae, native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, where it has been reported at an altitude of 3.2 km.-Description:...
Lindl. 1844 (p. 363)
- E. cylindrostachysEpidendrum cylindrostachysEpidendrum cylindrostachys is an epiphytic orchid native to the mountainous rainforest of Colombia and Peru, at altitudes near 2.5 km. According to the World Checklist, this binomial has no synonyms or homonyms.-Description:...
Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854 (p. 365)
- E. discoidale Lindl. 1853(p. 372)
- E. excisumEpidendrum excisumEpidendrum excisum is a species of orchid known to grow both epiphytically and terrestrially on steep rocky banks in mountainous regions of Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It has been reported at altitudes from 2.4 km to 2.8 km....
Lindl. 1844 (pp. 370–371)
- E. ferrugineum RuizRuizRuiz is a Hispanic surname meaning "son of Ruy". It refers to:*Persons**Adolfo Ruiz Cortines , President of Mexico 1952-1958.**Alejandro R. Ruiz, U.S...
& Pav. 1798 (p. 364 as E. carneum Lindl. 1846 & (p. 364 as E. trinitatis Lindl. 1840
- E. friderici-guilielmiEpidendrum friderici-guilielmiEpidendrum friderici-guilielmi is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum which grows naturally at altitudes of 1.7—3.0 km. in Peru and Bolivia.-Description:...
Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854 (p. 365)
- E. geminiflorumEpidendrum geminiflorumEpidendrum geminiflorum is a tropical epiphytic orchid native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela at elevations of 2.3—2.9 km.-Description:...
Kunth 1816 (p. 368)
- E. glossoceras Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854 (p. 366)
- E. harrisoniae Hook. 1833 (p. 373)
- E. heterodoxum Rchb.f. 1854 (p. 362)
- E. klotzscheanum Rchb.f. 1850 (pp. 366–367)
- E. lacustreEpidendrum lacustreEpidendrum lacustre is a sympodial orchid which is known to grow both epiphytically and lithophytically in the cloud forests and rainforests of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela at altitudes ranging from 1.2—2.5 km...
Lindl. 1853 (p. 360)
- E. lagotis Rchb.f. 1855 (p. 367)
- E. longiflorum Kunth 1816 (p. 360), (p. 360-361 as E. spectatissimum Rchb.f. 1855) & (p. 360 as E. leucochilum Klotzach. 1843)
- E. mancumEpidendrum mancumEpidendrum mancum Lindl. is an epiphytic orchid that grows in the tropical low elfin cloud forests of Ecuador and Amazonas, Peru, at altitudes of 2—3 km .-Description:...
Lindl. 1844 (p. 361)
- E. megagastrium Lindl. 1853 (pp 368–369)
- E. mesomicron Lindl. 1853 (p. 370)
- E. modestum Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854 (p. 371)
- E. ochriodes Lindl. 1853 (p. 371)
- E. parviflorumEpidendrum parviflorumEpidendrum parviflorum is a small-flowered reed-stemmed Epidendrum orchid found in the montane tropical wet forests of Bolivia , Ecuador, and Amazonas, Peru.-Description:...
RuizRuizRuiz is a Hispanic surname meaning "son of Ruy". It refers to:*Persons**Adolfo Ruiz Cortines , President of Mexico 1952-1958.**Alejandro R. Ruiz, U.S...
& Pav. 1798 (p. 367)
- E. peperomiaEpidendrum peperomiaThe Peperomia-like Epidendrum is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum....
Rchb.f. 1854 (p. 368) & (p. 368 as E. porpax Rchb.f.)
- E. raphidophorum Lindl. 1853 (p. 371)
- E. ruizianumEpidendrum ruizianumEpidendrum ruizianum is an epiphytic reed-stemmed Epidendrum of the orchid family native to the cloud forests of Bolivia , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, at altitudes of 2-3 km.-Description:...
Steud. 1840 (pp. 371–372 as E. spathaceum Lindl. 1841)
- E. sanderi A.D.Hawkes 1957 (pp. 360–361 as E. grandiflorum Lindl. 1841 nom. illeg. )
- E. sarcochilum LindenJean Jules LindenJean Jules Linden , was a Belgian botanist and explorer, horticulturist and businessman, specialising in orchids, on which subject he wrote a number of books....
& Rchb.f. 1854 (p. 363)
- E. sarcodes Lindl. 1853 (p. 362)
- E. schlimii Rchb.f. 1850 (p. 361)
- E. scutella Lindl. 1844 (p. 367)
- E. sinuosum Lindl. 1853 (p. 363)
- E. tenax Rchb.f. 1854 (pp. 367–368)
- E. tovarense Rchb.f. 1850 (p. 370)
- E. ventricosum Lindl. 1841 (p. 361)
- E. viridibrunneum Rchb.f. 1861 (p. 368)
- E. xantholeucum Rchb.f. 1850 (p. 373)
In 2005, Hágsater & Soto designated the species Epidendrum adenoglossum
Epidendrum adenoglossum
Epidendrum adenoglossum Lindl. is an orchid known primarily from its type herbarium specimen, Mathews 1073, collected in Peru near Pangoa. When Lindley published the name, he placed the species in the subgenus E. subg. Spathium Lindl. . In 2005, Hágsater & Soto designated this species as the...
as the lectotype of Epidendrum subgenus Spathium.