''Epidendrum'' sect. ''Polycladia''

Rchb.f. Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Icones Florae Germanicae et Helv ...

1861 is a section of the Subgenus ''E''. subg. ''Amphiglottium''

Lindl. John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley w ...

of the Genus ''

Epidendrum ''Epidendrum'' , abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,500 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name (from Greek ''επί, epi'' and ''δένδρ� ...

'' of the ''

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

''. This plants in this section differ from the plants in the other sections of ''E''. subg. ''Amphiglottium'' by having truly

paniculate A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle ar ...

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...

s: the section ''E''. sect. ''Holochila'' is characterized by racemose inflorescences and an undivided

lip The lips are the visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be ...

, and the section ''E''. sect. ''Schistochila'' is characterized by racemose inflorescences and a lobed lip. Like the other members of ''E''. subg. ''Amphiglottium'', the members of ''Epidendrum'' sect. ''Polycladia'' "possess a long leafy stem with distichous leaves, an absence of any tendency to form

pseudobulbs The pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids. It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed heteroblastic and h ...

, a

peduncle Peduncle may refer to: *Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed *Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body **Peduncle (art ...

suddenly covered with close sheaths, and a lip wholly united to the column." Lindley anticipated the section ''Epidendrum'' sect. ''Polycladia'' by publishing '' E. porphyreum'' under the title "AMPHIGLOTTIUM; ''floribus paniculatis.'' Lindley in

Hooker Hooker may refer to: People * Hooker (surname) Places Antarctica * Mount Hooker (Antarctica) * Cape Hooker (Antarctica) * Cape Hooker (South Shetland Islands) New Zealand * Hooker River * Mount Hooker (New Zealand) in the Southern Alps * Hoo ...

(Ed.) ''Journal of Botany''. III(1841) London, pp.86-87.

Reichenbach Reichenbach may refer to: Places Austria * Reichenbach (Litschau), a part of Litschau * Reichenbach (Rappottenstein), a part of Rappottenstein Germany * Reichenbach (Oberlausitz), in Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis district, Saxony * Rei ...

placed 16 species in this Section. The following species are recognized by Kew (page numbers refer to

1861): * '' E. blepharistes''

Barker Barker may refer to: Occupations * Barker (occupation), a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events * Barker (coachbuilder), a builder of horse-drawn coaches and later of bodywork for prestige cars * a person who strips tanbar ...

ex.

(1844) including ''E. funkii''

(1850) on pp. 377–378 and ''E. brachycladium''

(1853) on p. 379 * '' E. compressum''

Griseb. August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botanist and phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the cloister-school at Ilfeld, ...

(1864), including ''E. laxum'' Popp. & Endl.(1836) ''

nom. illeg. ''Nomen illegitimum'' (Latin for illegitimate name) is a technical term, used mainly in botany. It is usually abbreviated as ''nom. illeg.'' Although the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants uses Latin terms for other ki ...

'' on p. 377 * '' E. densiflorum''

Hook. Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew ...

(1840), including ''E. polyanthum'' var. ''densiflorum'' (Hook.) Lindl.(1853) and ''E. rubrocinctum'' Lindl.(1843) included by Muller in ''E. polyanthum''. * '' E. haenkeanum'' C.Presl. (1827) (p. 378) * '' E. hymenodes''

(1853) (p. 378) * '' E. lignosum'' Lex. (1825) (p. 380) * '' E. martianum''

(p. 380) * '' E. myrianthum''

(1853) (p. 378-379) * '' E. nutans''

Sw. Olof Peter Swartz (21 September 1760 – 19 September 1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes. Biography Olof Swartz attended the University of Uppsala where he st ...

(1788) (p. 376) * '' E. pallidiflorum''

(1830) (p. 378) * '' E. paniculatum''

Ruiz The Spanish surname Ruiz originates from the Germanic personal name "Hrodric" which is composed of the elements "Hrōd", meaning "renown", and "rīc", meaning "power(ful)", thus "famous ruler". Ruiz is a patronymic from the personal name Ruy, a sho ...

& Pav. (1798) (p. 376), including ''E. fastigiatum'' Lindl.(1853)''

''(p. 376-377) * '' E. polyanthum''

(1831) (p. 379-380) * '' E. porphyreum''

(1841) (p. 377) * '' E. saxatile''

(1841), which Reichenbach 1861 listed as ''E. miersii''

(1853) on p. 378

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