| Epidendrum cornutum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | E. subg. Spathium |
| Species: | E. cornutum |
| Binomial name | |
| Epidendrum cornutum Lindl. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Epidendrum anthoceros Lind. & Rchb.f. (1854) |
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Epidendrum cornutum Lindl. is the accepted name[2] for a species of Epidendrum native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at altitudes of 2.4—3 km.
The stem of this epiphyte is covered by close, tubular sheathes which bear bamboo-like (lnarrow, inear-lanceolate, very acute, with a cuniate sessile base) leaves on the upper part of the stem. The foot-long terminal inflorescence emerges from 1—3 large sheathes which completely cover the peduncle, and ends in a densely-flowered raceme of fragrant, fleshy, flowers with filiform petals and a deeply three-lobed lip with slightly denticulate margins[3]. The flower color can be white, light yellow, light green, or tan.
The identity of this taxon has been confused by the publication, in 1894, of a description of Stanhopea oculata (first described in 1832) under the name Epidendrum cornutum.
| External identifiers for Epidendrum cornutum | |
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| EOL | 1104295 |