Echinosepala

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Echinosepala
Overview of species (14)

E. arenicola – E. aspasicensis – E. balaeniceps – E. biseta – E. expolita – E. lappiformis – E. longipedunculata – E. pan – E. sempergemmata – E. shuarii – E. stonei – E. tomentosa – E. uncinata – E. vittata
Name

Echinosepala Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 17: 100 (2002)

Type species: Echinosepala aspasicensis (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 17: 101 (2002)

Synonymy

Basionym
Echinella Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 253 (2001), nom. illeg.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
Jamaica.
Northern South America
Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil North.

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

Pridgeon, A.M. & Chase, M.W. 2001. Lindleyana 17(2): 100–101.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 356 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Echinosepala. Accessed: 2022 Jan 11.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Echinosepala in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 11. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Echinosepala in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 11. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Echinosepala. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Echinosepala. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Echinosepala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

Echinosepala is a proposed genus of orchids comprising the subgenera Silenia and Satyria of the genus Myoxanthus. There is little reason to resist this change, thus Echinosepala is widely accepted. The genus contains 8 species.

The genus was formerly known as Echinella Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, but as this latter also refers to an algae genus, it has been changed to Echinosepala.
List of species

Echinosepala aspasicensis (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
Echinosepala balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
Echinosepala lappiformis (A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
Echinosepala pan (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
Echinosepala sempergemmata (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
Echinosepala stonei (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
Echinosepala tomentosa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
Echinosepala uncinata (Fawc.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).

References