Epistephium

Epistephium
Epistephium lucidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Vanilloideae
Tribe:	Vanilleae
Genus:	Epistephium Kunth

Epistephium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, with a few species in Belize and Trinidad.^[1]

1. Epistephium amabile Schltr.
2. Epistephium amplexicaule Poepp. & Endl.
3. Epistephium brevicristatum R.E.Schult.
4. Epistephium duckei Huber
5. Epistephium elatum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
6. Epistephium ellipticum R.O.Williams & Summerh.
7. Epistephium frederici-augusti Rchb.f. & Warsz.
8. Epistephium hernandii Garay
9. Epistephium lamprophyllum Schltr.
10. Epistephium laxiflorum Barb.Rodr.
11. Epistephium lobulosum Garay
12. Epistephium lucidum Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius
13. Epistephium matogrossense Hoehne
14. Epistephium parviflorum Lindl.
15. Epistephium portellianum Barb.Rodr.
16. Epistephium praestans Hoehne
17. Epistephium sclerophyllum Lindl.
18. Epistephium sessiliflorum Lindl.
19. Epistephium speciosum Barb.Rodr.
20. Epistephium subrepens Hoehne
21. Epistephium williamsii Hook.f.

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kwe World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Epistephium (category) at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Epistephium at Wikispecies