GROUP Physinga

Characterized by the generally small, caespitose plants with an apical, racemose inflorescence that produces new racemse in time and carries successively opening flowerswith only one open at a time on an elongate peduncle with acuminate bracts, an entire lip and an ovary with a prominent vesicule.

1. Epidendrum acreense (Brieger & Bicalho) Christenson 1991 Brazil

2. Epidendrum cystosum Ames 1934 Chiapas Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua

3. Epidendrum macroclinium Hágsater 1987 Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama

4. Epidendrum magnicallosum C.Schweinf. 1943 Venezuela and Peru

5. Epidendrum physodes Rchb.f. 1873 Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama

6. Epidendrum polygonatum Lindl. 1858 Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic

7. Epidendrum prostratum (Lindl.) Cogn. 1898 Guyana Ecuador Peru

8. Epidendrum strobilicaule Hagsater & Benelli 2008 Brazil