Echinosepala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Echinosepala

Overview of species (17)

E. alexandrae – E. arenicola – E. aspasicensis – E. balaeniceps – E. biseta – E. expolita – E. glenioides – E. isthmica – E. lappiformis – E. longipedunculata – E. pan – E. pastacensis – E. sempergemmata – E. stonei – E. tomentosa – E. uncinata – E. vittata

Name

Echinosepala Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 17: 100 (2002).

• Type species: Echinosepala aspasicensis (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 17: 101 (2002).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Echinella Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 253 (2001), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Jamaica. Northern South America Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M. & Chase, M.W. 2001. Lindleyana 17(2): 100–101.

= Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 356 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Echinosepala. Accessed: 2023 Oct 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Echinosepala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Echinosepala. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Echinosepala. Accessed: 22 Oct 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Echinosepala. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Echinosepala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct 2023.

Vernacular names

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