Scaphosepalum

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Scaphosepalum
Scaphosepalum swertifolium-detail.jpeg
Scaphosepalum swertiifolium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Scaphosepalum
Pfitzer, 1889
Type species
Scaphosepalum verrucosum
(Rchb. f.) Pfitzer

Scaphosepalum (from Greek "boatlike sepals") is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The species in this genus are mostly found in Central and South America, with one species extending into southern Mexico.[1] In accordance with their genus name, many species in this genus produce unusual and distinctive flowers; some possessing cushion-like characteristics reminiscent of an African buffalo's horns, others possessing characteristics of snake fangs.

Species in this genus are epiphytic in their growth habit and according to the Royal Horticultural Society Sppm. is the genus' official abbreviation.

Species[]

  • (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Costa Rica; Panama)
  • Luer 1985 (Ecuador)
  • Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador; Bolivia; Colombia; Peru)
  • Jiménez 2021 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1979 (Ecuador)
  • Luer & R. Escobar 1981
  • Luer 2002 (Colombia)
  • (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Bolivia; Ecuador)
  • Luer & Hirtz 1988 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1998 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1984 (Ecuador)
  • Luer & R. Escobar 1982
  • Luer & Hirtz 1991 (Ecuador)
  • Luer & Hirtz 1991 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1983 (Ecuador)
  • Luer & Hirtz 1988 (Ecuador)
  • (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890
  • Luer & Hirtz 1998 (Ecuador)
  • Kraenzl. 1922 (Colombia)
  • Luer 1980 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1998 (Ecuador)
  • (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920 (Colombia)
  • (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1998 (Venezuela)
  • Luer 1998 (Peru)
  • Luer & J.J. Portilla 2000 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 2002 (Ecuador)
  • Rolfe 1893 (Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Mexico; Nicaragua; Ecuador)
  • Kraenzl. 1925 (Colombia; Ecuador)
  • Luer 1981 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
  • Luer & R. Escobar 1997 (Colombia)
  • Luer & Hirtz 1992 (Ecuador)
  • Luer & Hirtz 1992 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 2002 (Ecuador)
  • Scaphosepalum pulvinare (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
  • Scaphosepalum swertiifolium (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador; Colombia)
    • Scaphosepalum swertiifolium subsp. exiguum Luer & R. Escobar (Ecuador)
    • Scaphosepalum swertiifolium subsp. swertiifolium
  • Luer 1981 (Ecuador)
  • Luer & Andreetta 1988 (Ecuador)
  • Luer 1979 (Ecuador)
  • (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1888 (Ecuador; Venezuela)
  • Luer 1978
  • Luer 1988

References[]

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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