Epidendrum cylindrostachys
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | Epidendrum subg. Spathium |
| Species: | E. cylindrostachys
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| Epidendrum cylindrostachys | |
Epidendrum cylindrostachys is an epiphytic orchid native to the mountainous rainforest of Colombia and Peru, at altitudes near 2.5 km.[1] According to the World Checklist, this binomial has no synonyms or homonyms.[2]
Description[edit]
Epidendrum cylindrostachys is a reed-stemmed Epidendrum which H. G. Reichenbach placed in the subgenus E. subg. Spathium because the terminal inflorescence erupts through two narrow, ancipitous spathes.[3] The closely spaced slender stems grow little more than 1 dm tall and are covered from the base by thin, imbricating sheaths. The top two or three of these sheaths bear linear-ligulate leaves which are longer than the stem. The inflorescence is a cylindric raceme bearing many small resupinate purple-spotted flowers subtended by very short linear-acute floral bracts. The oblanceolate-oblong dorsal sepal is 5 mm long, the obovate-oblong lateral sepals are slightly longer and noticeably broader. The lanceolate-liner petals are shorter than the sepals. The trilobate lip is adnate to the column to its apex. The lateral lobes of the lip are shaped like a half-moon. The fleshy central lobe is lanceolate and obtuse to retuse at the apex.
References[edit]
- ^ Schweinfurth "Orchids of Peru", Fieldiana: Botany 30(1959)431
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
- ^ H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES", nr. 186 in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers. Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)365. Berlin.
External links[edit]
Media related to Epidendrum cylindrostachys at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Epidendrum cylindrostachys at Wikispecies
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