Epidendrum magnoliae
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| Epidendrum magnoliae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | E. subg. Epidendrum |
| Section: | E. sect. Planifolia |
| Subsection: | E. subsect. Racemosa |
| Species: | E. magnoliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Epidendrum magnoliae Muhl. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Epidendrum magnoliae, synonymous with Epidendrum conopseum is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum. It is the most northern-growing Epidendrum in nature, being found wild as far north as North Carolina. The diploid chromosome number of E. magnoliae has been determined as 2n = 40, the haploid chromosome number as n = 20.[1]
References and external links
- ↑ page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf
H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Müller, Carl, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)408. Berlin. Described as E. conopseum
| External identifiers for Epidendrum magnoliae | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 1101206 |
| ITIS | 43559 |
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