Epidendrum verrucosum

Epidendrum verrucosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Genus:	Epidendrum
Subgenus:	E. subg. Epidendrum
Section:	E. sect. Planifolia
Subsection:	E. subsect. Paniculata
Species:	E. verucosum
Binomial name
	Epidendrum verucosum; Rchb.f. (1856)
Synonyms
	Amphiglottis verrucosa (Sw.) Acuña (1939); Oerstedella verrucosa (Sw.) Hágsater (1981); Oerstedella hansenii (C.D.Adams) Nir (2000);

Epidendrum verrucosum is a species of Epidendrum orchid that was described by Schwartz in 1806. In 1861, Reichenbach placed it in subsection Euepidendrum Planifolia Paniculata of the genus Epidendrum.^[1]

Homonymy

In 1844, Lindley published a description of a very different orchid, Encyclia adenocaula (Lex.) Schltr. (1918), under the name Epidendrum verrucosum,^[2] making Epidendrum verrucosum Lindl. (1844) an illegitimate name, and a synonym for Encyclia adenocaula.

References

^ H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI p. 414, Berlin, 1861
^ http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/

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[1] H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI p. 414, Berlin, 1861

[2] ttp://apps.kew.org/wcsp/

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