Epidendrum ramosum
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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. Amphiglottium |
| Section: | Epidendrum sect. Holochila |
| Species: | E. ramosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Epidendrum ramosum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Isochilus ramosum Spreng. | |
Epidendrum ramosum, the mountain star orchid,[1] is a neotropical species of reed-stemmed Epidendrum orchid which grows both epiphytically and terrestrially at altitudes near 1 km.
Description
[edit]Epidendrum ramosum stems do not swell into pseudobulbs, are highly branched, and are covered with close, tubular sheathes, the upper ones bearing longish leaves which are rounded at the apex.[2] The short, scaly, apical peduncle bears a raceme with large, alternate floral bracts which nearly cover the long pedicellate ovaries of the few green-yellow flowers.[3] The sepals are oblong-acute, 5–6 mm long and 2 mm wide; the petals are narrower. The cordate acute lip is adnate to the column to its apex, has no lateral lobes, and bears a callus consisting of two keel-like ridges near the column apex. The four pollinia are white.
Homonymy
[edit]Five varieties of E. ramosum have been published,[4] three of which are now recognized as separate species:
- E. ramosum var. imbricatum Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf is a synonym for E. paranaense Barb.Rodr.
- E. ramosum var. lanceolatum Griseb. is a synonym for E. antillanum Ackerman & Hágsater
- E. ramosum var. mixtum (Schltr.) Ames, F.T.Hubb & C.Schweinf. is a synonym for E. mixtum Schltr.
References
[edit]- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Epidendrum ramosum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ H. G. Reichenbach "Orchides" item 252, "EPIDENDRUM SELLOWII" in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)383. Berlin.
- ^ C. Dodson & R. Vásquez "EPIDENDRUM RAMOSUM Jacq." Plate 0228 of Icones Plantrum Tropicarum, Series II Orchids of Bolivia Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. 1989
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
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