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June 2025

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genus

Epidendrum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2. : 1347 (1763)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000013590.

Statistics

Synonyms of Epidendrum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amblostoma Scheidw. Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 383 (1838) wfo-4000001504
Coilostylis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 37 (1838) wfo-4000008869
Didothion Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 39 (1838) wfo-4000011613
Diothonea Lindl. J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 12 (1834) wfo-4000011865
Epidanthus L.O.Williams Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 148 (1940) wfo-4000013586
Epidendropsis Garay & Dunst. Venez. Orchids Ill. 6: 39 (1976) wfo-4000013588
Exophya Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 63 (1837) wfo-4000014474
Gastropodium Lindl. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 107 (1845) wfo-4000015384
Hemiscleria Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 4: 1 (1853) wfo-4000017424
Kalopternix Garay & Dunst. Venez. Orchids Ill. 6: 40 (1976) wfo-4000019809
Lanium (Lindl.) Benth. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: t. 1334 (1881) wfo-4000020558
Larnandra Raf. Neogenyton : 4 (1825) wfo-4000020609
Minicolumna Brieger Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 8(29-32): 495 (1976) wfo-4000024344
Nanodes Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1541 (1832) wfo-4000025304
Neolehmannia Kraenzl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 478 (1899) wfo-4000025736
Neowilliamsia Garay Orchid Digest 41: 20 (1977) wfo-4000025891
Nyctosma Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 9 (1837) wfo-4000026414
Oerstedella Rchb.f. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 932 (1852) wfo-4000026661
Physinga Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 32 (1838) wfo-4000029530
Pleuranthium (Rchb.f.) Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 312 (1881) wfo-4000030304
Pseudepidendrum Rchb.f. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 733 (1852) wfo-4000031371
Seraphyta Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8: 24 (1840) wfo-4000035102
Spathiger Small Fl. Miami : 55 (1913) wfo-4000035889
Stenoglossum Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 355 (1816) wfo-4000036504
Takulumena Szlach. Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 326 (2006) wfo-4000037464
Tritelandra Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 85 (1837) wfo-4000039386
Anocheile Hoffmanns. ex Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 235 (1841) wfo-4100002734
Phadrosanthus Neck. Elem. Bot. 3: 153 (1790) wfo-4100002843
Amphiglottis Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 294 (1812) wfo-4100003107
Auliza Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 294 (1812) wfo-4100003112
Spathium Stein Orchid.-Buch : 559 (1892) wfo-4100003226

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Epidendrum:

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