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Epidendrum sect. Holochila

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Subgenus
  
E. subg. Amphiglottium

Order
  
Asparagales

Genus
  
Epidendrum

Section
  
E. sect. Holochila Rchb.f.

Epidendrum sect.Holochila  is a section of subgenus Epidendrum subg.Amphiglottium of the Orchidaceae. It differs from section E. sect. Polycladia by bearing inflorescences that are racemes, not panicles. It differs from section E. sect. Schistochila by having a lip with no lobes. Like the other sections of E. subg.Amphiglottium, plants of E. sect.Holochila exhibit slender stems covered with close imbricating sheaths which do not swell to form pseudobulbs, and terminal inflorescences covered at the base with close imbricating sheaths but without spathes.

When he published the section, Reichenbach included fourteen species. Kew recognizes thirteen of these as separate species. (Page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861).

  • E. anceps Jacq. 1763 (p. 383 as E. galeottianum)
  • E. biforatum Lindl. 1844 (p. 382 as E. cucullatum)
  • E. costatum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 (p. 383)
  • E. eustirum Ames, F.T.Hubb. & S.Schweinf. 1935 (p. 381 as E. carinatum)
  • E. filicaule Lindl. 1831 (p. 383)
  • E. hemiscleria Rchb.f. 1862 (p. 383) Kew accepts two subspecies:
  • E. longipetalum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 (p. 382 as E. antenniferum)
  • E. martianum Lindl. 1840 (p. 381 as E. setiferum)
  • E. miserrimum Rchb.f.1855 (p. 381)
  • E. propinquum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 (p. 382 as E. lamprocaulon)
  • E. proligerum Barb.Rodr. 1877 (pp. 380–381 as E. corymbosum)
  • E. ramosum Jacq. 1760 (p. 383 as E. sellowii)
  • E. fruticosum Pav. ex Lindl. 1831 (p. 381 as E. vieji)
  • References

    Epidendrum sect. Holochila Wikipedia