Epidendrum nocturnum

Epidendrum nocturnum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: E. subg. Epidendrum
Section: E. sect. Planifolia
Subsection: E. subsect. Umbellata
Species: E. nocturnum
Binomial name
Epidendrum nocturnum
Jacq.
Synonyms
  • Nyctosma nocturna (Jacq.) Raf. (1837)
  • Epidendrum carolinianum Lam. (1783)
  • Epidendrum discolor A. Rich. & Galeotti (1845)
  • Epidendrum bahiense Rchb.f. (1859)
  • Epidendrum buenaventurae F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. (1899)
  • Auliza nocturna (Jacq.) Small (1913)
  • Epidendrum leucarachne Schltr. (1920)
  • Epidendrum oliganthum Schltr. (1921)
  • Epidendrum nocturnum var. panamense Schltr. (1922)
  • Amphiglottis nocturna (Jacq.) Britton (1924)
  • Epidendrum nocturnum var. minor Schltr. (1924)
  • Epidendrum nocturnum var. angustifolium Stehlé (1939)

Epidendrum nocturnum (the "Nocturnal Epidendrum") is the type species of the genus Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae (Orchid family). The species occurs in Florida, Bahamas, West Indies, Central America to northern Brazil and the Guyanas. Epidendrum nocturnum is common in South Florida.

It is usually autogamous (flowers self-pollinate) and sometimes cleistogamous (flowers self-pollinate before they open).

The haploid chromosome number of E. nocturnum has been determined as n = 20. The diploid chromosome number has been determined both as 2n = 40 and as 2n = 80[1]

In 1984, the variety E. nocturnum var. guadeloupense was determined to have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 42—48. On November 7, 2010, Kew did not recognize the existence of this variety in its World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

See also

  1. ↑ page 252 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf
External identifiers for Epidendrum nocturnum
Encyclopedia of Life 1101306
ITIS 43561
NCBI 142307

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