''Epidendrum'' subsect. ''Umbellata''

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''

(1861) of subgenus ''E''. subg. ''Epidendrum''

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 ...

(1841) 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. ''Umbellata'' differ from the other subsections of ''E''. sect. ''Planifolia'' by producing

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 which are

umbel In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin ''umbella'' " ...

-like. 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 ten species in this subsection. Of these, nine are recognized with the same names by Kew (page numbers refer to

): The tenth species listed by

, ''E. ensatum'', is identified by Kew as a synonym of '' 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), which was classified by

(p. 385) in the subsection ''E''. subsect. ''Integra'' of ''E''. sect. ''Schistochila'' of ''E''. subg. ''Amphiglottium''. The diagnosis and name of this subsection were published on page 397 of Reichenbach, 1861, as :Folia plana, bracteis depauperatis. floribus umbellatis . . . . . . . . . . C. ''Planifolia umbellata.''

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