Epidendrum subg. Spathium
 | This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. (May 2010) |
| Epidendrum subg. Spathium | |
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| E. cristatum showing inflorescence erupting from large spathes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | Epidendrum subg. Spathium Lindl. |
John Lindley published Epidendrum subg. Spathium of the Orchidaceae. According to Lindley's diagnosis,[1] the E. subg. Spathium is recognizable by is sympodial habit with individual stems being slender (without any tendency to form pseudobulbs) and covered by the bases of the distichous leaves, by the lip of the flower being adnate to the column to its apex, and by the inflorescence emerging from at least one spathe, similar to nearly all members of the genus Cattleya as understood in the year 2000 (sensu MM). Reichenbach recognized 52 species in this subgenus,[2] of which Kew[3] accepts 48 (page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861):
- Lindl. 1853 (p. 370)
- Lindl. 1853 (pp. 362–363)
- E. adenoglossum Lindl. 1841 (p. 361)
- E. alpicolum Rchb.f. & Warsz. Bonplandia(Hannover)2:110(1854) (p. 366). Kew calls this E. alpicola, and accepts it thus. Bonplandia p. 110 says Epidendrum alpicolum.[4]
- Linden & Rchb.f. 1854 (p. 366)
- E. armeniacum Lindl. 1836 (p. 367)
- Lindl. 1853 (p. 365)
- E. brachyglossum Lindl. 1844 (p. 362)
- E. brevivenium Lindl. 1853 (p. 363)
- Bateman ex Lindl. 1844 (p. 373)
- Lindl. 1853 (p. 372)
- E. cornutum Lindl. 1841 (pp. 365–366)
- E. cristatum Ruiz & Pav. 1793 (p. 372 as E. raniferum Lindl. 1831 & E. raniferum var. luteum Lindl. 1853
- E. cylindraceum Lindl. 1844 (p. 363)
- E. cylindrostachys 1854 (p. 365)
- Lindl. 1853(p. 372)
- E. excisum Lindl. 1844 (pp. 370–371)
- Ruiz & Pav. 1798 (p. 364 as E. carneum Lindl. 1846 & (p. 364 as E. trinitatis Lindl. 1840
- E. friderici-guilielmi Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854 (p. 365)
- E. geminiflorum Kunth 1816 (p. 368)
- Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854 (p. 366)
- Hook. 1833 (p. 373)
- Rchb.f. 1854 (p. 362)
- Rchb.f. 1850 (pp. 366–367)
- E. lacustre Lindl. 1853 (p. 360)
- Rchb.f. 1855 (p. 367)
- Kunth 1816 (p. 360), (p. 360-361 as E. spectatissimum Rchb.f. 1855) & (p. 360 as E. leucochilum 1843)
- E. mancum Lindl. 1844 (p. 361)
- Lindl. 1853 (pp 368–369)
- Lindl. 1853 (p. 370)
- Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854 (p. 371)
- Lindl. 1853 (p. 371)
- E. parviflorum Ruiz & Pav. 1798 (p. 367)
- E. peperomia Rchb.f. 1854 (p. 368) & (p. 368 as E. porpax Rchb.f.)
- Lindl. 1853 (p. 371)
- E. ruizianum Steud. 1840 (pp. 371–372 as E. spathaceum Lindl. 1841)
- A.D.Hawkes 1957 (pp. 360–361 as E. grandiflorum Lindl. 1841 nom. illeg. )
- Linden & Rchb.f. 1854 (p. 363)
- Lindl. 1853 (p. 362)
- Rchb.f. 1850 (p. 361)
- Lindl. 1844 (p. 367)
- Lindl. 1853 (p. 363)
- Rchb.f. 1854 (pp. 367–368)
- Rchb.f. 1850 (p. 370)
- Lindl. 1841 (p. 361)
- Rchb.f. 1861 (p. 368)
- Rchb.f. 1850 (p. 373)
In 2005, Hágsater & Soto[5] designated the species Epidendrum adenoglossum as the lectotype of Epidendrum subgenus Spathium.
References[]
- ^ Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 3: 86. 1841.
- ^ H. G. Reichenbach "Orchides" in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI pp. 360-373. Berlin. 1861
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
- ^ Bonplandia. Zeitschrift für die gesammte Botanik. C. Rmpler. 1854.
- ^ Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 22 Aug 2009 <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50155407>
- Epidendrum subg. Spathium
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