Orchidaceae
Epidendrum

Epidendrum nocturnum Jacq.

First published in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29 (1760)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida, Mexico to Tropical America. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baptista, J.A.N., Bianchetti, L.B. & Pellizzaro, K.F. (2005). Orchidaceae da Reserva Ecológia do Guará, D.F., Brasil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 19: 221-232.
  • Chiron, G.R. & Bolsanello, R.X. (2013). Orchidées du Brésil. As orquídeas da Serra do Castelo (Espírito Santo, Brasil) 3: 1-389. Chiron.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Koch, A.K., Moreira dos Santos, J.U. & Ilkiu-Borges, A.L. (2014). Sinopse das Orchidaceae holoepífitas e hemiepífitas da floresta nacional de Caxiuanã, PA, Brasil. Hoehnea 41: 129-148.
  • Kolanowska, M., Hágsater, E., Szlachetko, D.L., Santiago Aala, E. & Sánchez, Saldaña, L. (2014). Orchids of the department of Valle del Cauca (Colombia) 2: 1-393. Koeltz Scientific Books.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Noguera-Savelli, E. & Cetzal-Ix, W. (2014). Revisión e integración del conocimiento de las Orchidaceae de Tabasco, México. Botanical Sciences 92: 519-540.
  • Pessoa, E., de Barros, F. & Alves, M. (2015). Orchidaceae from Viruá National Park, Roraima, Brazilian Amazon. Phytotaxa 192: 61-96.
  • da Rocha Fiuza de Melo, M.M. & al. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica da Ilha do Cardoso 12: 1-289. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, Brasil.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. Carib. 29 (1760).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kolanowska, M., Hágsater, E., Szlachetko, D.L., Santiago Aala, E. & Sánchez, Saldaña, L. (2014). Orchids of the department of Valle del Cauca (Colombia) 2: 1-393. Koeltz Scientific Books.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.; Irvine, G.C. [50789] Brazil K000878094 Yes
Jun 1, 2009 Sasaki, D. [1500] Brazil K000501693 Yes
Jun 1, 2009 Zappi, D. [951] Brazil K000501687 Yes
May 1, 2009 Sasaki, D. [2147] Brazil K000501682 Yes
May 1, 2009 Sasaki, D. [2147] Brazil K000501683 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Prance, G.T.; Amaral, I.L.; Pipoly, J.J.; Tavares, A.S.; Silva, M.G.; Mota, C.D.A.; Cress, A. [29101] Brazil K000878093 Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Sperling, C.R.; Secco, R.S.; Condon, M.; Mesquita, A.L.; Ribeiro, B.G.S.; Marinho, L.R. [5707] Brazil K000878097 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Prance, G.T.; Campbell, D.G.; Ongley, J.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [20574] Brazil K000878096 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Pabst, G.; Pereira, E.; Apparicio [8748] Brazil K000878091 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Pabst, G.; Pereira, E.; Apparicio [8748] Brazil K000878092 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [s.n.] Brazil K000878095 Yes
Sampson, H.C. Belize K:SPC-18382.000 No
K:SPC-20183.000 No
Campbell, W.M. K:SPC-33832.000 No
K:SPC-20181.000 No
Philcox, D. [6202] Guyana K:SPC-36054.000 No
Hunt, D.R. [7040] Belize K:SPC-39308.000 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [1166] Guyana K:SPC-18378.000 No
Chase [17833] K:SPC-71452.000 No
Guyana K:SPC-06095.000 No
Guyana K:SPC-25718.000 No
K:SPC-19723.000 No
Guyana K:SPC-19722.000 No
Philcox, D. [8095] Trinidad and Tobago K:SPC-39323.000 No
Venezuela, Colombia K001445604 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445605 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445606 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445607 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445608 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445609 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445610 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445611 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445612 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445613 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445614 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445615 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445616 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445617 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445618 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia K001445619 Yes
Ecuador, Peru K001445631 Yes
Ecuador, Peru K001445632 Yes
Panama K001445633 Yes
Panama K001445634 Yes
Colombia K001445635 Yes
Colombia K001445636 Yes
Colombia K001445637 Yes
Colombia K001445638 Yes
Colombia K001445639 Yes
Colombia K001445640 Yes
Colombia K001445641 Yes
Colombia K001445642 Yes
Colombia K001445643 Yes
Colombia K001445644 Yes
Colombia K001445645 Yes
Colombia K001445646 Yes
Colombia K001445647 Yes
Colombia K001445648 Yes
Jun 1, 2009 Zappi, D. [860] Brazil Epidendrum bahiense K000501691 Yes
Jun 1, 2009 Henicka, G.S. [179] Brazil Epidendrum bahiense K000501666 Yes
Brazil Epidendrum bahiense K000294047 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0