GROUP Epidanthus

Characterized by the short, small somewhat scandent plants with very thin stems carrying very narrow, more or less fleshy leaves each one with a small, triangular, acute opposing ligule that blooms on an apical, distichous, ususlly secund inflorescennce and has 2 to 4 pollina.

  1. Epidendrum astroselaginella Hagsater & Santiago 2007 Costa Rica Panama

  2. Epidendrum goniorhachis Schltr. 1918 Costa Rica

  3. Epidendrum infundibulum Hagsater & Santiago 2007

  4. Epidendrum insolatum Barringer 1991 publ. 1992

  5. Epidendrum miserrimum Rchb.f. 1855 Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leewards, Puerto Rico, Windwards, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil

  6. Epidendrum muscicola Schltr. 1923 Costa Rica and Panama

  7. Epidendrum paranthicum Rchb.f. 1852Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica Panama

  8. Epidendrum selaginella Schltr. 1906 Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama

  9. Epidendrum stenoselaginella Hagsater & Santiago 2007

  10. Epidendrum talamancanum (J.T.Atwood) Mora-Ret. & García Castro 1990 publ. 1991 Costa Rica Panama

  11. Epidendrum tritropianthum Hágsater & E.Santiago 2007Costa Rica Panama

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 1220 Hamer 1985; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 737 Hamer 1982; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 910 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 943 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 946 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 947 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 959 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 962 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 984 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 991 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 995 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 998 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007; Icones Orchidacearum Part 13 Plate 1367 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section;

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