''Epidendrum verrucosum'' is a 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� ...

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that was described by

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in 1806. In 1861,

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placed it in subsection ''Euepidendrum Planifolia Paniculata'' of the genus ''Epidendrum''.

Homonymy

In 1844, Lindley published a description of a very different orchid, '' Encyclia adenocaula'' ( Lex.)

Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South Ame ...

(1918), under the name ''Epidendrum verrucosum'', making ''Epidendrum verrucosum''

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 ...

(1844) an

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, and a synonym for '' Encyclia adenocaula''.

References

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