Epistephium

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Vanilloideae
Tribus: Vanilleae
Genus: Epistephium
Overview of species

E. amabile – E. amplexicaule – E. araracuarae – E. brevicristatum – E. cardonae – E. chironii – E. duckei – E. elatum – E. ellipticum – E. epiphyticum – E. frederici-augusti – E. garayi – E. hernandii – E. kubiyuense – E. lamprophyllum – E. laxiflorum – E. lobulosum – E. matogrossense – E. parviflorum – E. portellianum – E. praestans – E. rhombilabium – E. sclerophyllum – E. sessiliflorum – E. speciosum – E. subrepens – E. trianae – E. williamsii – E. williamsii
Name

Epistephium Kunth, Syn. Pl. 1: 340 (1822)

Type species: Epistephium elatum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: t. 632 (1825)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica.
Caribbean
Trinidad-Tobago.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Kunth, C.S. 1822. Synopsis Plantarum 1: 340.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 306 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Epistephium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 8. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Epistephium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Epistephium. Published online. Accessed: 8 June 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Epistephium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 8.
Tropicos.org 2019. Epistephium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 8.

Vernacular names

Epistephium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, with a few species in Belize and Trinidad.[1]

Epistephium amabile Schltr.
Epistephium amplexicaule Poepp. & Endl.
Epistephium brevicristatum R.E.Schult.
Epistephium duckei Huber
Epistephium elatum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
Epistephium ellipticum R.O.Williams & Summerh. (Belize)
Epistephium frederici-augusti Rchb.f. & Warsz.
Epistephium hernandii Garay
Epistephium lamprophyllum Schltr.
Epistephium laxiflorum Barb.Rodr.
Epistephium lobulosum Garay
Epistephium lucidum Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius
Epistephium matogrossense Hoehne
Epistephium parviflorum Lindl.
Epistephium portellianum Barb.Rodr.
Epistephium praestans Hoehne
Epistephium sclerophyllum Lindl.
Epistephium sessiliflorum Lindl.
Epistephium speciosum Barb.Rodr.
Epistephium subrepens Hoehne
Epistephium williamsii Hook.f.