Epidendrum macrocarpum

Epidendrum macrocarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium
Section: Epidendrum sect. Schistochila
Subsection: Epidendrum subsect. Carinata
Species:
E. macrocarpum
Binomial name
Epidendrum macrocarpum
Rich. (1792)
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum incisum Vell. (1831)
  • Epidendrum schomburgkii Lindl. (1838)
  • Epidendrum schomburgkii var. sworderi Broadway (1918)
  • Epidendrum splendens Schltr. (1921)
  • Epidendrum ibaguense var. schomburgkii (Lindl.) C. Schweinf. (1944)

Epidendrum macrocarpum, widely known as Epidendrum schomburgkii, is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum, and the largest-flowering crucifix orchid species. Reichenbach thought that E. fulgens and E. schomburgkii var. confluens were both synonyms for this species.

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