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
Ruiz & Pav. (1798)
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum raniferum Lindl. (1831)
  • Epidendrum calliferum Lem. (1845)
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. luteum Lindl. (1853)
  • Epidendrum hexadactylum Barb.Rodr. (1877)
  • Epidendrum longovarium Barb.Rodr. (1877)
  • Epidendrum tigrinum Sessé & Moç. (1894) nom. illeg.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. hexadactylum (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. (1898)
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. lofgrenii Cogn. (1898)
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. obtusilobum Cogn. (1898)
  • Epidendrum bathyschistum Schltr. (1919)
  • Epidendrum validum Schltr. (1921)
  • Epidendrum alexandri Schltr. (1922)

Epidendrum cristatumRuiz & Pav. (1789) (the "comb Epidendrum") is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum which 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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