''Isochilus'' is a
genus
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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 fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
s (
family
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Orchidaceae) with 13 recognized
[Search for Isocholus on http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do on Oct. 3, 2010] species
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. They are lowland
epiphyte
An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphyt ...
s mainly found in Central America, from Cuba and Mexico to Argentina.
Characteristics of this genus include slender canelike stems with narrow
distichous
In botany, phyllotaxis () or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. Phyllotactic spirals form a distinctive class of patterns in nature.
Leaf arrangement
The basic arrangements of leaves on a stem are opposite and alternat ...
flat leaves and small
sessile
Sessility, or sessile, may refer to:
* Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about
* Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant
* Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...
tube flowers carried at the tip of the cane.
Species
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I. alatus''
*''I. amparoanus'', syn. ''I. chiriquensis''
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I. aurantiacus''
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I. bracteatus''
*''I. brasiliensis'', syn. ''I. linearis''
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I. carnosiflorus''
*''I. cernuus'', syn. ''
Jacquiniella cernua''
*''
I. chiriquensis''
*''I. crassiflorus'', syn. ''I. carnosifloruu''
*''I. dubius'', syn. ''
Scaphyglottis livida''
*''I. elegans'', syn. ''
Dimerandra elegans''
*''I. fusiformis'', syn. ''
Epidendrum fusiforme''
*''I. globosus'', syn. ''
Jacquiniella globosa''
*''I. graminifolius'', syn. ''
Maxillariella graminifolia''
*''I. graminoides'', syn. ''
Dichaea graminoides''
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I. grandiflorum''
*''I. grandiflorus'', syn. ''
Maxillariella cassapensis''
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I. lancifolius''
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I. langlassei''
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I. latibracteatus''
*''I. leucanthus'', syn ''I. linearis''
*''
I. linearis''
*''I. linifolius'', syn ''
Elleanthus linifolius''
*''I. lividus'', syn. ''
Scaphyglottis livida''
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I. major''
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I. oaxacanus''
*''I. pauciflorus'', syn. ''
Scaphyglottis dunstervillei''
*''I. peruvianus'', syn. ''I. linearis''
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I. pitalensis''
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I prolifer''
*''I. proliferus'', syn. ''
Scaphyglottis prolifera''
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I. proliferum''
*''I. ramosus'', syn. ''
Epidendrum ramosum''
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I. smithii''
*''I. teretifolius'', syn. ''
Jacquiniella teretifolia''
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I. unilateralis''
References
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3308369
Epiphytic orchids
Epidendreae genera