Epidendrum cristatum

Epidendrum cristatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: Epidendrum subg. Spathium
Species:
E. cristatum
Binomial name
Epidendrum cristatum
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum alexandri Schltr.
  • Epidendrum bathyschistum Schltr.
  • Epidendrum calliferum Lem.
  • Epidendrum hexadactylum Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum longovarium Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum raniferum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. hexadactylum (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. lofgrenii Cogn.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. lutescens Lindl. ex Broadway
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. luteum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. obtusilobum Cogn.
  • Epidendrum tigrinum Sessé & Moc.
  • Epidendrum validum Schltr.

Epidendrum cristatumRuiz & Pav. (1789) (the "comb Epidendrum") is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It is known to grow both terrestrially and epiphytically at altitudes near 1 km in the Neotropics from Mexico and Belize down through Brazil, as well as Trinidad.

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