Epidendrum sect. Holochila
| Epidendrum sect. Holochila | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | E. subg. Amphiglottium |
| Section: | E. sect. Holochila Rchb.f. |
Epidendrum sect.Holochila Rchb.f. 1861 is a section of subgenus Epidendrum subg.Amphiglottium of the Orchidaceae. It differs from section E. sect. Polycladia by bearing inflorescences that are racemes, not panicles.[1] It differs from section E. sect. Schistochila by having a lip with no lobes.[2] Like the other sections of E. subg.Amphiglottium, plants of E. sect.Holochila exhibit slender stems covered with close imbricating sheaths which do not swell to form pseudobulbs, and terminal inflorescences covered at the base with close imbricating sheaths but without spathes.
When he published the section, Reichenbach included fourteen species.[3] Kew[4] recognizes thirteen of these as separate species. (Page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861).
- E. anceps Jacq. 1763 (p. 383 as E. galeottianum)
- E. biforatum Lindl. 1844 (p. 382 as E. cucullatum)
- E. costatum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 (p. 383)
- E. eustirum Ames, F.T.Hubb. & S.Schweinf. 1935 (p. 381 as E. carinatum)
- E. filicaule Lindl. 1831 (p. 383)
- E. hemiscleria Rchb.f. 1862 (p. 383) Kew accepts two subspecies:
- E. hemiscleria subsp. hemiscleria
- E. hemiscleria subsp. occidentalis
- E. longipetalum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 (p. 382 as E. antenniferum)
- E. martianum Lindl. 1840 (p. 381 as E. setiferum)
- E. miserrimum Rchb.f.1855 (p. 381)
- E. propinquum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 (p. 382 as E. lamprocaulon)
- E. proligerum Barb.Rodr. 1877 (pp. 380–381 as E. corymbosum)
- E. ramosum Jacq. 1760 (p. 383 as E. sellowii)
- E. fruticosum Pav. ex Lindl. 1831 (p. 381 as E. vieji)
References
- ↑ "Flores racemosi (raro in paniculam racemosam luxuriantes.)", H. G. Reichenbach, "ORCHIDES" in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae, Tomus VI p. 373, Berlin. 1861.
- ↑ "Labellum indivisum", H. G. Reichenbach, "ORCHIDES" in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae, Tomus VI p. 373, Berlin. 1861.
- ↑ H. G. Reichenbach, "ORCHIDES" in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae, Tomus VI pp. 380-384, Berlin. 1861.
- ↑ http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/