Epidendrum physopus Kraenzl. (1905: 87)

Quispe-Melgar, Harold Rusbelth, Llacua-Tineo, Elizabeth Santiago Ayala Yashira Stefani & Hágsater, Eric, 2023, Synopsis of the Peruvian species of Epidendrum (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) belonging to the Scabrum group, subgroup Soratae: diversity and description of a new species, Phytotaxa 603 (1), pp. 1-26 : 18

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.603.1.1

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Epidendrum physopus Kraenzl. (1905: 87)
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16. Epidendrum physopus Kraenzl. (1905: 87) View in CoL . ( Figure 8F View FIGURE 8 ).

Type: — PERU. Junín: Tarma: Prov. Chanchamayo, Berge von Yanangu, östlich von Huacapistana, A. Weberbauer 2121, (holotype: HBG, isotype B, destroyed, photo AMES! F! NY! SEL!)

Heterotypic synonyms: Epidendrum trimeroglossum Schltr. (1920: 153) . Type : COLOMBIA: Cauca, 2600 m, M . Madero s.n. (Holotype: B, destroyed; sketch of flower published in Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 57: nr. 209. 1929; AMES 36091 About AMES !) .

Epidendrum schneideri Hágsater , (2001: t. 484). Type: COLOMBIA: Páramo von Bogotá, 3000–3100 m, 17 July 1944, M. Schneider 281. (holotype: S! isotypes: COL x2!)

Distribution:— Peru and Colombia. In Peru it is found in the department of Junín. It is a species of which only isolated records are known from Peru and Colombia, however, it is to be expected that there are many other intermediate populations, being a species with a wide range of distribution.

Notes:— Epidendrum physopus is recognized by the small plants, 12–20 cm tall, the leaves 1.2–3 cm, linear-lanceolate, the sepals 6–8 mm long, and the lip 3-lobed with the lateral lobes obliquely semi-ovate and the mid-lobe narrowly triangular with the margin erose. In the Soratae subgroup few species have a 3-lobed lip; E. fruticulus and E. chrysomyristicum have clearly 3-lobed lips, but the plants are around 2 m tall, the flowers larger, the sepals 10–13 mm long, and the margins of the lip entire.

Conservation Status:— DD. Data deficient.As most orchids, listed in CITES appendix II, and categorized as VU at the national level.

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

HBG

Hiroshima Botanical Garden

B

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet

AMES

Harvard University - Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

NY

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden

SEL

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

COL

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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