Orchidaceae
Epidendrum

Epidendrum densiflorum Hook.

First published in Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3791 (1840)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America to Argentina (Misiones). It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Ferreira, A.W.C., Lima, M.I.S. & Pansarin, E.R. (2010). Orchidaceae na região central de São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 243-259.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Neto, L.M., Almeida, V.R. & Forzza, R.C. (2004). A família Orchidaceae na Reserva Biológica da Represa do Grama - Descoberto, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 55: 137-156.
  • Pupulin, F. (2012). The Orchidaceae of Ruiz & Pavón's "Flora Peruviana et Chilensis". A taxonomic study. I. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 69: 21-79.
  • 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.
  • de Fraga, C.N. & Peixoto, A.L. (2004). Florística e ecologia das Orchidaceae das restingas do estado do Espírito Santo. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 55: 5-20.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Epidendrum paniculatum.]

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

  • 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.
  • Neto, L.M., Almeida, V.R. & Forzza, R.C. (2004). A família Orchidaceae na Reserva Biológica da Represa do Grama - Descoberto, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 55: 137-156.
  • Pupulin, F. (2012). The Orchidaceae of Ruiz & Pavón's "Flora Peruviana et Chilensis". A taxonomic study. I. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 69: 21-79.
  • de Fraga, C.N. & Peixoto, A.L. (2004). Florística e ecologia das Orchidaceae das restingas do estado do Espírito Santo. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 55: 5-20.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Dusén, P.K.H. [17281], Brazil K000878434 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Lindeman, J.C. [4440], Paraná K000878442 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Hatschbach, G.G. [21558], Paraná K000878527 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Burchell, W.J. [3590], Brazil K000878436 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Dawson, Y. [15061], Goiás K000878439 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Prance, G.T. [59427], Mato Grosso K000878437 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Dusén, P.K.H. [15342], Paraná K000878529 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Heringer, E.P. [10844], Brazil K000878526 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Dusén, P.K.H. [s.n.], Paraná K000878528 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Hatschbach, G.G. [16465], Paraná K000878440 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Prance, G.T. [14571], Amazonas K000878441 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Pereira, B.A.S. [2272], Brazil K000878433 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Prance, G.T. [59631], Goiás K000878438 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Miers, J. [4275], Brazil K000878435 Yes
Hodgson, I.G. [300], Ecuador 46354.000 No
K000583839 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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