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This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical America.
Epidendrum L.

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Hawaii, St.Helena

Epidendrum L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [592], Ecuador K000718726
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [1118], Ecuador K000718720
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [720], Ecuador K000718718
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [593], Ecuador K000718728
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [711], Ecuador K000718724
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [742], Ecuador K000718725
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [1136], Ecuador K000718721
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [136], Ecuador K000718719
Sep 1, 2010 Ybert, J.P. [713], Bolivia K000396216
Dec 1, 2007 7518.000
18386.000
Mexico 18403.000
18404.000
19258.000
19260.000
Mexico 19261.000
Mexico 19262.000
19263.000
19264.000
Mexico 20193.000
Bahamas 20219.000
Mexico 20220.000
Warr, G. [14], Nicaragua 23628.000
28509.000
Mason, L.M. [1818], Peru 28673.000
Mason, L.M. [1834], Peru 28698.000
Venezuela 28741.000
Peru 3037.000
Mason, L.M. [2137], Costa Rica 31336.000
Mason, L.M. [2223], Costa Rica 31972.000
Cameron, Mexico 33986.000
Holm-Neilsen, L. [1511], Ecuador 37136.000
Holm-Nielsen, L. [1131], Ecuador 37140.000
Taylor, P. [71], Panama 37856.000
Taylor, P. [16309], Ecuador 41522.000
Taylor, P. [16318], Ecuador 41527.000
Taylor, P. [16319], Ecuador 41528.000
Taylor, P. [16320], Ecuador 41529.000
Taylor, P. [16321], Ecuador 41530.000
Taylor, P. [16323], Ecuador 41531.000
Taylor, P. [16340], Ecuador 41535.000
Taylor, P. [16322], Ecuador 41538.000
Taylor, P. [16351], Ecuador 41546.000
Taylor, P. [16356], Ecuador 41550.000
Taylor, P. [16357], Ecuador 41551.000
Taylor, P. [16272], Ecuador 41572.000
Taylor, P. [16271], Ecuador 41573.000
Taylor, P. [16287], Ecuador 41582.000
Taylor, P. [13220], Panama 41613.000
Taylor, P. [16369], Ecuador 41635.000
Taylor, P. [16386], Ecuador 41643.000
Taylor, P. [13244], Ecuador 41652.000
Taylor, P. [13252], Ecuador 41653.000
Taylor, P. [13251], Ecuador 41655.000
Taylor, P. [13248], Ecuador 41658.000
Mayo, S. [339], Mexico 43763.000
Peru 44885.000
46178.000
5691.000
Dayton, N.M. [2051], Ecuador 57140.000
Stannard, B. [H50812], Brazil 57932.000
Nic Lughadha, E. [H53359], Brazil 57933.000
Stannard, B. [H51169], Brazil 57961.000
Harley, R.M. [22379], Brazil 60164.000
Muller, A. [1309], Brazil 60172.000
Hajek, F. [68], Peru 60174.000
Hajek, F. [38], Peru 60185.000
Mexico 6099.000
Fleming, V. [VF 75], Ecuador 61873.000
Fleming, V. [VF 46], Ecuador 61882.000
Mason, L.M. [2362], Peru 7715.000
Stannard, B. [H52834], Brazil 73104.000
Stannard, B. [H52820], Brazil 73108.000
Laessoe, T. [H50892], Brazil 73114.000
Chase, M.W. [84122 ] 75438.000
Spruce, R. [6078], Ecuador K000201528
Spruce, R. [4158], Peru K000201535
Spruce, R. [5956], Ecuador K000201538
Spruce, R. [5956], Ecuador K000201539
Chase, M.W.C. [84107], Costa Rica 77182.000
Chase, M.W.C. [82118], Mexico 75823.000
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000201530
Lugo, H.S. [1202], Ecuador K000718752
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000201533
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000201536
Lugo, H.S. [1322], Ecuador K000718753
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000201534
Chase, M.W.C. [84337], Costa Rica 75423.000
Chase, M.W.C. [83348], Mexico Epidanthus 75282.000
Oerstedella 18356.000
Oerstedella 18402.000
Oerstedella 19265.000
Oerstedella 20209.000
Lankester, C.H. Oerstedella 21504.000
Oerstedella 21528.000
Mason, L.M. [1809], Bahamas Oerstedella 28670.000
Costa Rica Oerstedella 32634.000
Oerstedella 39369.000
Taylor, P. [13242], Panama Oerstedella 41625.000
Adams, B.R. [273], Belize Oerstedella 42377.000
Taylor, P. [16388], Ecuador Amblostoma 41645.000

First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1347 (1763)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One) Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0