Epidendrum rigidum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Epidendrum rigidum Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29 (1760).

Homotypic
- Spathiger rigidus (Jacq.) Small, Fl. Miami: 55 (1913).
Heterotypic
- Epidendrum pium Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach, Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 92 (1881).

Epidendrum rigidum G.Lodd., Bot. Cab. 16: t. 1600 (1829), nom. illeg. - vide: Epidendrum ramosum Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29 (1760).

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - Mexican Pacific Islands.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panamá.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

Jacquin, N.J. von (1760) Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 29.

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 236 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epidendrum rigidum. Accessed: 2025 Nov 15.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Epidendrum rigidum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov 15. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Epidendrum rigidum. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov 15. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Epidendrum rigidum. Accessed: 15 Nov 2025.Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Epidendrum rigidum. Published online. Accessed: 15 Nov 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Epidendrum rigidum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Nov 2025. Reference page.

English: Stiff flower star orchid