Epistephium

Epistephium lucidum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
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 (28)

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

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epistephium. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Epistephium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Epistephium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Epistephium. 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 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Epistephium. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jan 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Epistephium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jan 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

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