Epidendrum magnoliae

Epidendrum magnoliae
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
  • Larnandra magnolia (Muhl.) Raf. (1825)
  • Epidendrum conopseum R.Br. (1813)
  • Larnandra conopsea (R.Br.) Raf. (1837)
  • Amphiglottis conopsea (R.Br.) Small (1933)
  • Epidendrum conopseum var. mexicanum L.O. Williams (1951)
  • Epidendrum magnoliae var. mexicanum (L.O. Williams) P.M.Br. (2000)

Epidendrum magnoliae, synonymous with Epidendrum conopseum is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum. It is the most northern-growing epiphytic orchid in North America, 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

  1. ↑ 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
Encyclopedia of Life 1101206
ITIS 43559