Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.

Epidendrum L.

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

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 Has image?
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [592], Ecuador K000718726 No
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [1118], Ecuador K000718720 No
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [720], Ecuador K000718718 No
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [593], Ecuador K000718728 No
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [711], Ecuador K000718724 No
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [742], Ecuador K000718725 No
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [1136], Ecuador K000718721 No
Mar 13, 2013 Lugo, S.H. [136], Ecuador K000718719 No
Sep 1, 2010 Ybert, J.P. [713], Bolivia K000396216 No
Dec 1, 2007 7518.000 No
18386.000 No
Mexico 18403.000 No
18404.000 No
19258.000 No
19260.000 No
Mexico 19261.000 No
Mexico 19262.000 No
19263.000 No
19264.000 No
Mexico 20193.000 No
Bahamas 20219.000 No
Mexico 20220.000 No
Warr, G. [14], Nicaragua 23628.000 No
28509.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1818], Peru 28673.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1834], Peru 28698.000 No
Venezuela 28741.000 No
Peru 3037.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2137], Costa Rica 31336.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2223], Costa Rica 31972.000 No
Cameron, Mexico 33986.000 No
Holm-Neilsen, L. [1511], Ecuador 37136.000 No
Holm-Nielsen, L. [1131], Ecuador 37140.000 No
Taylor, P. [71], Panama 37856.000 No
Taylor, P. [16309], Ecuador 41522.000 No
Taylor, P. [16318], Ecuador 41527.000 No
Taylor, P. [16319], Ecuador 41528.000 No
Taylor, P. [16320], Ecuador 41529.000 No
Taylor, P. [16321], Ecuador 41530.000 No
Taylor, P. [16323], Ecuador 41531.000 No
Taylor, P. [16340], Ecuador 41535.000 No
Taylor, P. [16322], Ecuador 41538.000 No
Taylor, P. [16351], Ecuador 41546.000 No
Taylor, P. [16356], Ecuador 41550.000 No
Taylor, P. [16357], Ecuador 41551.000 No
Taylor, P. [16272], Ecuador 41572.000 No
Taylor, P. [16271], Ecuador 41573.000 No
Taylor, P. [16287], Ecuador 41582.000 No
Taylor, P. [13220], Panama 41613.000 No
Taylor, P. [16369], Ecuador 41635.000 No
Taylor, P. [16386], Ecuador 41643.000 No
Taylor, P. [13244], Ecuador 41652.000 No
Taylor, P. [13252], Ecuador 41653.000 No
Taylor, P. [13251], Ecuador 41655.000 No
Taylor, P. [13248], Ecuador 41658.000 No
Mayo, S. [339], Mexico 43763.000 No
Peru 44885.000 No
46178.000 No
5691.000 No
Dayton, N.M. [2051], Ecuador 57140.000 No
Stannard, B. [H50812], Brazil 57932.000 No
Nic Lughadha, E. [H53359], Brazil 57933.000 No
Stannard, B. [H51169], Brazil 57961.000 No
Harley, R.M. [22379], Brazil 60164.000 No
Muller, A. [1309], Brazil 60172.000 No
Hajek, F. [68], Peru 60174.000 No
Hajek, F. [38], Peru 60185.000 No
Mexico 6099.000 No
Fleming, V. [VF 75], Ecuador 61873.000 No
Fleming, V. [VF 46], Ecuador 61882.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2362], Peru 7715.000 No
Stannard, B. [H52834], Brazil 73104.000 No
Stannard, B. [H52820], Brazil 73108.000 No
Laessoe, T. [H50892], Brazil 73114.000 No
Chase, M.W. [84122 ] 75438.000 No
Spruce, R. [6078], Ecuador K000201528 Yes
Spruce, R. [4158], Peru K000201535 Yes
Spruce, R. [5956], Ecuador K000201538 Yes
Spruce, R. [5956], Ecuador K000201539 Yes
Chase, M.W.C. [84107], Costa Rica 77182.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [82118], Mexico 75823.000 No
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000201530 Yes
Lugo, H.S. [1202], Ecuador K000718752 No
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000201533 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000201536 Yes
Lugo, H.S. [1322], Ecuador K000718753 No
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000201534 Yes
Chase, M.W.C. [84337], Costa Rica 75423.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [83348], Mexico Epidanthus 75282.000 No
Oerstedella 18356.000 No
Oerstedella 18402.000 No
Oerstedella 19265.000 No
Oerstedella 20209.000 No
Lankester, C.H. Oerstedella 21504.000 No
Oerstedella 21528.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1809], Bahamas Oerstedella 28670.000 No
Costa Rica Oerstedella 32634.000 No
Oerstedella 39369.000 No
Taylor, P. [13242], Panama Oerstedella 41625.000 No
Adams, B.R. [273], Belize Oerstedella 42377.000 No
Taylor, P. [16388], Ecuador Amblostoma 41645.000 No

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.

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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 Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. 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