''Integra'' is a subsection of the section ''Schistochila'' of the subgenus ''Amphiglotium'' (

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 (orchid family). Like the other subsections of ''Schistochila'', ''Integra'' plants are

sympodial Sympodial growth is a bifurcating branching pattern where one branch develops more strongly than the other, resulting in the stronger branches forming the primary shoot and the weaker branches appearing laterally. A sympodium, also referred to a ...

orchids with no tendency to produce

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 ...

. They bear a terminal

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 ...

with 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 ...

covered for most of its length with close, thin, imbricate sheaths, and terminating in a

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 ...

. This subsection differs from the other two in that the margins of the trilobate

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 ...

are not lacerate, fringed, or denticulate. 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 fifteen separate species in this subsection. Some of these names are now recognized as synonymsapps.kew.org/wcsp/ * '' E. anceps''

Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to P ...

(1763) as ''E. fuscatum''

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 ...

(p. 385-386) * '' E. anisatum'' Lex. (1825) (p. 385). Also as ''E. gladiatum''

(p. 384-385) * '' E. campestre''

(1844) (pp. 386–387) * '' E. centropetalum''

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 ...

(1852) (p. 388) * '' E. fruticosum'' Pav. ex

(1831) (p. 384) * '' E. lima''

(1853) (p. 387) * '' E. orchidiflorum'' ex.

(1831) (p. 385) * '' E. ovalifolium''

(1831) (p. 386) * '' E. paranthicum''

(1852) (pp. 387–388) * '' E. patens''

(1806) (p. 384) * '' E. saxatile''

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 ...

(1841) as ''E. weddelii''

(1853) (p. 387) * '' E. smaragdinum''

(1838)(p. 386) * '' E. vandifolium''

(1849) (p. 387) * '' E. warszewiczii''

(1852) (p. 387)

References

Plant subsections {{Laeliinae-stub