''Epidendrum'' subgenus ''Aulizeum'' was raised from sectional status by Lindley in 1853. According to the Latin diagnosis, this taxon included those species of ''

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� ...

'' with a multi-lobate

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 ...

adnate Adnate may refer to: * Adnation, in botany, the fusion of two or more whorls of a flower * Adnate, in mycology, a classification of lamellae (gills) * Conjoined twins Conjoined twins – sometimes popularly referred to as Siamese twins – are ...

to the

column A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member ...

, with

pseudobulb 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 a ...

ous stems, with the flowers sessile or born on

raceme A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the sh ...

s or

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is ...

s. In his further English description, Lindley stated that the species in this taxon have a horn-like stem which is only leafy at the end, and

racemose A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the sh ...

inflorescences. In 1861,

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 ...

listed 32 species in this subgenus; of these, Kew recognizes 31 as separate species. In 2004, Withner and Harding separated the eight species that Lindley had placed in ''E.'' subg. ''Aulizeum'' into the genus '' Coilostylis'', a change that has not been universally accepted.Carl Leslie Withner & Patricia A. Harding. ''The Cattleyas and their relatives: the debatable Epidendrums.'' Timber Press, Portland, OR. 2004 Additionally, several species have been moved into other genera, leaving thirteen still in ''Epidendrum'' subgenus ''Aulizeum'': *''

Artorima erubescens ''Artorima'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At present (May 2014), only one species is known: ''Artorima erubescens'', native to southern Mexico ( Guerrero and Oaxaca).Greenwood, E. 1983. ''Artorima erubescen ...

'' (

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 ...

)

Dressler Dressler is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Conrad Dressler (1856–1940), sculptor and potter * Erich Dressler, luger * Ernst Christoph Dressler (1734–1779), German composer, operatic tenor, violinist and ...

& G.E.Pollard (1971), listed by Reichenbach on p. 350 as ''E. erubescens'' *'' Coilostylis ciliaris'' ( L.) Withner & P.A.Harding (2004)139, listed by Reichenbach on p. 347 as ''E. ciliare '' *''

Coilostylis clavata ''Epidendrum purpurascens'' (syn. ''Coilostylis clavata'') is a species of orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragra ...

'' ( Raf.) Withner & P.A.Harding (2004)141, listed by Reichenbach on p. 349 as ''E. clavatum''. Recognized by Kew as ''E. purpurascens'' *'' Coilostylis falcata'' (

) Withner & P.A.Harding (2004)143, listed by Reichenbach on p. 348 as ''E. falcatum'' *''

Coilostylis vivipara ''Coilostylis'' is a genus of orchids. It was split off from the "supergenus" '' Epidendrum'' in 2004 although the Kew currently does not recognize this genus. This genus features pseudobulbs, large bracts around the flowers, and flowers that ...

'' (

) Withner & P.A.Harding (2004)146, listed by Reichenbach on pp. 348–349 as ''E. viviparum'' *'' Encyclia kermesina'' (

) P.Oriz (1995), listed by Reichenbach on p. 349 as ''E. kermesinum'' *'' Encyclia parallela'' (

) P.Ortiz(1995), listed by Reichenbach on p. 351 as ''E. parallelum'' *'' E. coryophorum'' (

Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the American continent ...

) Rchb.f. (1861), listed by Reichenbach on (p. 347) as ''E. coriophorum'' *'' E. jajense'' Rchb.f. (1854), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 *'' E. miserum''

(1841), listed by Reichenbach on p. 354 as ''E. pulchellum'' *'' E. moritzii'' Rchb.f. (1850), listed by Reichenbach on pp. 350–351 *'' E. oerstedii'' Rchb.f. (1852), listed by Reichenbach on p. 348 as both ''E. costaricense'' and ''E. oerstedii''. *'' E. polystachyum''

(1816), listed by Reichenbach on p. 350. *'' E. parvilabre''

(1845), listed by Reichenbach on p. 351 *'' E. refractum''

(1843), listed by Reichenbach on p. 354 *'' E. rupestre''

(1841), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 *'' E. saxatile''

(1841), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 *'' E. stramineum''

(1853), listed by Reichenbach on p. 351 *'' E. tipuloideum''

(1853), listed by Reichenbach on p. 350 *'' E. volutum''

& Paxton (1852), listed by Reichenbach on p. 354 *''

Oestlundia luteorosea ''Oestlundia'' is a genus of orchid within the subtribe Laeliinae. Its component species are found from Mexico to Venezuela. Taxonomic history ''Encyclia'' sect. ''Oestlundia'' was published in 1971 by Dressler and Pollard, before the g ...

'' ( A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins(2001), listed by Reichenbach on p. 347 as ''E. seriatum'' *''

Prosthechea arminii ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this g ...

'' ( Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding(2004)254, listed by Reichenbach on p. 353 as ''E. arminii'' *''

Prosthechea brachychila ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this g ...

'' (

) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on pp. 352–353 as ''E. brachychilum *'' Prosthechea concolor'' ( Lex.) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 as ''E. pruinosum'' *''

Prosthechea grammatoglossa ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this ...

'' ( Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 350 as ''E. grammatoglossum'' *''

Prosthechea hartwegii ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this g ...

'' (

) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 354 as ''E. hartwegii'' *''

Prosthechea lindenii ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this ...

'' (

) W.E.Higgins(1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 353 as ''E. fallax'' *''

Prosthechea pastoris ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this g ...

'' ( Lex.) Espejo & López-Ferr(2000), listed by Reichenbach on pp. 351–352 as ''E. venosum'' *''

Prosthechea rhynchophora ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this g ...

'' ( A.Rich & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 as ''E. rhynchophorum'' *''

Prosthechea sceptra ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this ...

'' (

) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 353 as ''E. sceptrum'' *'' Prosthechea serrulata ''(

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 ...

) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 347 as ''E. serrulatum''

References

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