Epidendrum sect. Holochila

Epidendrum sect. Holochila Rchb.f. 1861 is a section of subgenus Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium of the Orchidaceae. It differs from section E. sect. Polycladia by bearing inflorescences that are racemes, not panicles.[1] It differs from section E. sect. Schistochila by having a lip with no lobes.[2] Like the other sections of E. subg. Amphiglottium, plants of E. sect. Holochila exhibit slender stems covered with close imbricating sheaths which do not swell to form pseudobulbs, and terminal inflorescences covered at the base with close imbricating sheaths but without spathes.

Epidendrum sect. Holochila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium
Section: Epidendrum sect. Holochila
Rchb.f.

When he published the section, Reichenbach included fourteen species.[3] Kew[4] recognizes thirteen of these as separate species. (Page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861).

E. hemiscleria subsp. hemiscleria
E. hemiscleria subsp. occidentalis

References

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  1. ^ "Flores racemosi (raro in paniculam racemosam luxuriantes.)", H. G. Reichenbach, "Orchides" in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae, Tomus VI p. 373, Berlin. 1861.
  2. ^ "Labellum indivisum", H. G. Reichenbach, "Orchides" in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae, Tomus VI p. 373, Berlin. 1861.
  3. ^ H. G. Reichenbach, "Orchides" in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae, Tomus VI pp. 380-384, Berlin. 1861.
  4. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".