GROUP Pleuranthium SUBGROUP Phragmites

Characterized by the caespitose habit, cane-like, elongate stems with several short, lateral inflorescence

  1. Epidendrum leonii D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1998 Peru

  2. Epidendrum lilijae Foldats 1968 Venezuela Ecuador

  3. Epidendrum phragmites A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams 1968 Nicaragua Costa Rica

  4. Epidendrum phragmitoides Hagsater 2010 Colombia

  5. Epidendrum tripetalum Sessé & Moc. 1894 Mexico

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 728 Hamer 1982; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 9 Plate 997 Hagsater & Sanchez 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1158 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Part 13 Plate 1371 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section

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