Epidendrum pseudepidendrum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Epidendrum
Species: Epidendrum pseudepidendrum
Name

Epidendrum pseudepidendrum Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 1: 160. (1856)
Synonymy

Basionym
Pseudepidendrum spectabile Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 733 (1852)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Reichenbach, H.G. 1856. Xenia Orchidacea 1: 160–161, t. 53.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Epidendrum pseudepidendrum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 10. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Epidendrum pseudepidendrum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Epidendrum pseudepidendrum. Published online. Accessed: 10 January 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Epidendrum pseudepidendrum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 10.
Tropicos.org 2019. Epidendrum pseudepidendrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: False Epidendrum Epidendrum
中文: 拟树兰

Epidendrum pseudepidendrum (the "False Epidendrum Epidendrum") is a species of orchid native to Costa Rica and Panama. The upright canes, which can reach 5 ft., bear paniculate inflorescences which can re-bloom for several years.[1] According to Reichenbach, the strange name is the result of first being named Pseudepidendrum spectabile, before being moved to Epidendrum.

The species E. xanthoianthinum Hágsater (1993) was first described as a gold variety of this species, with the name E. pseudepidendrum var. auratum Rchb.f. (1885).

References and external links

A. Phillips and C. Hill. "Reed-Stem Epidendrums" Orchids, Sep. 1998, the American Orchid Society

H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)414, Berlin.