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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Epidendrum

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

Nine species and one hybrid cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Epidendrum brassovolae

Native to Guatemala.

 

Epidendrum ciliare

Native to central and South America, as well as the West Indies.

 

Epidendrum elongatum

Native to central America.

 

Epidendrum fragrans

Native to central America.

 

Epidendrum garayanum

Native to Brazil.

 

Epidendrum gladiatum

Native to Mexico.

 

Epidendrum ibaguense

Native to central and South America, as well as the West Indies.

Epidendrum sophronitis

Native to Ecuador.

 

Epidendrum violaceum

Native to South America.

 

Epidendrum x obrenianum

Hybrid.