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Epidendrum  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 43555

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Spathiger Small
  
  Common Name(s): star orchid [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderAsparagales   
                            FamilyOrchidaceae  – orchids  
                               GenusEpidendrum L. – star orchid  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum abbottii L. Sánchez & Hágsater  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum ackermanii Hágsater  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum acunae Dressler – Acuna's star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum amphistomum A. Rich. – big-mouth star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum anceps Jacq. – brown-flower butterfly orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum angustilobum Fawc. & Rendle  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum annabellae Nir  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum antillanum Ackerman & Hágsater – Antilles star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum bahorucense Hágsater & L. Cerv.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum bifarium Sw.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum blancheanum Urb. – Acuna's star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum boricuarum Hágsater & L. Sánchez – fleshy star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum boricuomutelianum Hágsater & L. Sánchez  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum brachyrepens Hágsater  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum caribiorum Ackerman & Acev.-Rodr.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum ciliare L. – Epidendrum ciliado, fringed star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum crenulidifforme L. Sánchez & Hágsater  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum dendrobioides Thunb.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum difforme Jacq.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum diffusum Sw.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum discoidale Lindl.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum dodii L. Sánchez & Hágsater  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum hioramii Acuńa & Alain – Florida star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum ibaguense Kunth – South American star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum jamaicense Lindl. – umbrella star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum lechleri Rchb. f.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum magnoliae Muhl. – green fly orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum miserrimum Rchb. f. – woodland tuftedorchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum montserratense Nir  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum morrisii Hágsater & L. Cerv.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum mutelianum Cogn. – orange-flower star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum neoporpax Ames  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum nocturnum Jacq. – Epidendrum nocturno, dama de noche, night scented orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum nutans Sw.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum X obrienianum Rolfe – O'Brien's star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum orientale Hágsater & M.A. Díaz  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum pallidiflorum Hook. – Caribbean star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum parkinsonianum Hook.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum patens Sw. – West Indian star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum polygonatum Lindl.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum portoricense Hágsater & Ackerman  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum pseudoramosum Schltr. – Epidendrum ramificado, grand star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum radicans Pav. ex Lindl. – fire star orchid, Epidendrum de los caminos 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum ramosum Jacq. – Epidendrum ramoso, mountain star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum repens Cogn.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum revertianum (Stehlé) Hágsater  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum rigidum Jacq. – Epidendrum rigido, stiff flower star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum rivulare Lindl.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum scalpelligerum Rchb. f.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum secundum Jacq. – thicket star orchid, lopsided star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum serrulatum Sw. – smalltooth star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum strobiliferum Rchb. f. – big cypress star orchid, Epidendrum de estróbilo 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum swartzii (Rchb. f. ex Griseb.) Hágsater  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum tridens Poepp. & Endl. – round-leaf star orchid, oblong-leaf star orchid 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum verrucosum Sw.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum vincentinum Lindl. – guilarte 
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum viridipurpureum Hook.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum wrightii Lindl.  
                                  SpeciesEpidendrum zanonii Dod  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Epidendrum   
       
  Source: Orchidaceae of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Epidendrum   
       
  Source: Plants of the World Online, website (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: POWO (2024). Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 24 January 2024   
  Reference for: Epidendrum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Epidendrum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Epidendrum   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pridgeon, Alec M., Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, and Finn N. Rasmussen, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Epidendroideae (Part one)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera Orchidacearum, vol. 4   
  Page(s): 672   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Oxford, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-850712-7   
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