Epidendrum

Epidendrum , abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,500 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name (from Greek επί, epi and δένδρον, dendron, "upon trees") refers to its epiphytic growth habit.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae

Native toColombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela

Observations recorded170,994

Epidendrum cinnabarinum Epidendrum cristatum Epidendrum calanthum Phadrosanthus Neck., 1790, opus utique oppr. Amphiglottis Salisb., 1812 Auliza Salisb., 1812 Stenoglossum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, 1816 Larnandra Raf., 1825 Nanodes Lindl., 1832 Diothonea Lindl., 1834 Exophya Raf., 1837 Nyctosma Raf., 1837 Tritelandra Raf., 1837 Amblostoma Scheidw., 1838 Coilostylis Raf., 1838 Didothion Raf., 1838 Physinga Lindl., 1838 Seraphyta Fisch. & C.A.Mey., 1840 Anocheile Hoffmanns. ex Rchb., 1841 Gastropodium Lindl., 1845 Oerstedella Rchb.f., 1852 Pseudepidendrum Rchb.f., 1852 Hemiscleria Lindl., 1853 Lanium Lindl. ex Benth., 1881 Pleuranthium (Rchb.f.) Benth., 1881 Psilanthemum (Klotzsch) Stein, 1892 Spathium (Lindl.) Stein, 1892 Neolehmannia Kraenzl., 1899 Spathiger Small, 1913 Epidanthus L.O.Williams, 1940 Epidendropsis Garay & Dunst., 1976 Kalopternix Garay & Dunst., 1976 Minicolumna Brieger, 1976, nom. inval. Neowilliamsia Garay, 1977 Takulumena Szlach., 2006 Распространение и экология Тропики и субтропики Америки. Эпифиты, литофиты и наземные растения. Биологическое описание Симподиальные растения от мелких до крупных размеров. Виды Основная статья: Виды рода Эпидендрум

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taxon name: Epidendrum
Commons category: Epidendrum
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4304
Commons gallery: Epidendrum
taxon common name: 树兰属

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Distribution and ecology
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Synonymy
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When Carl Linnaeus named this genus in 1763, he included in this genus all the epiphytic orchids known to him. Although few of these orchids are still included in the genus Epidendrum, some species of Epidendrum are nevertheless not epiphytic.