Echinosepala

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Echinosepala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Pleurothallidinae
Genus:	Echinosepala & M.W.Chase, 2002
Type species
Echinosepala aspasicensis (Rchb.f.) & M.W.Chase, 2002

Echinosepala is a proposed genus of orchids comprising the subgenera Silenia and Satyria of the genus Myoxanthus. There is little reason to resist this change, thus Echinosepala is widely accepted. The genus contains 8 species.

The genus was formerly known as Echinella & M.W.Chase, but as this latter also refers to an algae genus, it has been changed to Echinosepala.

List of species[]

1. Echinosepala aspasicensis (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
2. Echinosepala balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
3. (A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
4. (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
5. (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
6. Echinosepala stonei (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
7. Echinosepala tomentosa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
8. Echinosepala uncinata (Fawc.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).

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