Epidendrum magnoliae

Epidendrum magnoliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Epidendrum
Subgenus:	Epidendrum subg. Epidendrum
Section:	Epidendrum sect. Planifolia
Subsection:	Epidendrum subsect. Racemosa
Species:	E. magnoliae
Binomial name
	Epidendrum magnoliae; Muhl. 1813
Synonyms
	Larnandra magnolia (Muhl.) Raf. (1825); Epidendrum conopseum R.Br. (1813); Larnandra conopsea (R.Br.) Raf. (1837); Amphiglottis conopsea (R.Br.) Small (1933); Epidendrum conopseum var. mexicanum L.O. Williams (1951); Epidendrum magnoliae var. mexicanum (L.O. Williams) P.M.Br. (2000);

Epidendrum magnoliae, sometimes called Epidendrum conopseum or the green-fly orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum. It is the most northern-growing epiphytic orchid in North America, being found wild in the southeastern United States from Louisiana to North Carolina, and also in northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Epidendrum magnoliae grows on the branches of evergreen and deciduous trees at low elevations less than 100 m (330 ft) above sea level. Leaves are broadly elliptical, up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, thick and almost leathery. One plant will produce 6-14 flowers, pale green to bronze-colored.^[1]

The diploid chromosome number of E. magnoliae has been determined as 2n = 40, the haploid chromosome number as n = 20.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Flora of North America, Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg, 1813. Green-fly orchid
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Epidendrum conopseum'
^ Hágsater, E. & G. A. Salazar. 1990. Orchids of Mexico, pt. 1. Icones Orchidacearum (Mexico) 1: plates 1–100.
^ page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010

External links[]

Discover Life
H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in , Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)408. Berlin. Described as E. conopseum
Epidendrum conopseum - Wildlife Resources Division, From: Patrick, Allison and Krakow (1995), Protected Plants of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources drawing, description, ecological information
IOSPE photos photo
Greenfly Orchids (Epidendrum magnoliae) in situ. video showing Epidendrum magnoliae in the wild in Florida
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, Epidendrum conopseum

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[3] Hágsater, E. & G. A. Salazar. 1990. Orchids of Mexico, pt. 1. Icones Orchidacearum (Mexico) 1: plates 1–100.

[4] 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010

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