Epidendrum verrucosum
Epidendrum verrucosum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Genus: | Epidendrum |
Subgenus: | E. subg. Epidendrum |
Section: | E. sect. Planifolia |
Subsection: | E. subsect. Paniculata |
Species: | E. verucosum |
Binomial name | |
Epidendrum verucosum Rchb.f. (1856) | |
Synonyms | |
Epidendrum verrucosum is a species of Epidendrum orchid that was described by Schwartz in 1806. In 1861, Reichenbach placed it in subsection Euepidendrum Planifolia Paniculata of the genus Epidendrum.[1]
Homonymy
In 1844, Lindley published a description of a very different orchid, Encyclia adenocaula (Lex.) Schltr. (1918), under the name Epidendrum verrucosum,[2] making Epidendrum verrucosum Lindl. (1844) an illegitimate name, and a synonym for Encyclia adenocaula.
References
- ↑ H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI p. 414, Berlin, 1861
- ↑ http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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