''Epidendrum'' subsect. ''Paniculata''

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 subsection of section ''E''. sect. ''Planifolia'' of subgenus ''E''. subgen. ''Epidendrum'' 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 ...

(orchid family). Plants of ''E''. subsect. ''Paniculata'' differ from the other subsections of ''E''. sect. ''Planifolia'' by producing

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. 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 ...

recognized eighteen species in this subsection. From this group, Kew recognizes seventeen speciesapps.kew.org/wcsp/ (Page numbers are from

): * '' E. agathosmicum''

(1850) (p. 413) * '' E. aquaticum''

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 ...

(1843) (p. 411) * '' E. dendrobioides''

Thunb. Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala Un ...

(1818) as ''E. durum''

(1841) (p. 412) and ''E. carnosum''

(1842) (p. 412) * '' 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) as ''E. floribundum'' var ''lilacinum''

(1853) (p. 413) * '' E. diffusum''

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. 410) * '' E. ferrugineum''

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& Pav. (1798) as ''E. naucrates''

(1854) (pp. 412–413) * '' E. frigidum '' Linden ex

(1845) (p. 411) * '' E. frutex ''

(1855) (pp. 411–412) * '' E. lanipes ''

(1853) (p. 413) * '' E. paniculatum ''

& Pav. (1798) as ''E. floribundum''

Humb. Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ph ...

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 ...

(1816) (pp. 413–414) * '' E. parviflorum ''

& Pav. (1798) as ''E. gramineum''

(1831) (p. 410) * '' E. pseudepidendrum'' (p. 414) Rchb.f.(1856) (p. 414) * '' E. purum''

(1844)(p. 412) * '' E. recurvatum ''

(1845) (p, 410) * '' E. subpurum''

(p. 413) * '' E. verrucosum''

(1806) (p. 414) * '' E. vincentinum''

(1841)(p. 411) Additionally, ''E. pseudepidendrum'' var. ''auratum''

(1885) has been raised to a species as '' E. xanthoianthinum'' Hagsater(1993).

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