Encyclia adenocarpa

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Description

Genus Encyclia

Herbs, epiphytic. Roots fleshy , glabrous . Stems aggregate, erect , forming ovoid-pyriform pseudobulbs . Leaves apical, sessile, articulate ; blade linear-elliptic, leathery. Inflorescences apical, racemes to panicles, flowering only once; spathe absent. Flowers resupinate, pedicellate , simultaneous; sepals subequal ; petals similar; lip appressed to column, adnate only at base , callus boat-shaped ; pollinia 4, obovoid , laterally compressed , subequal; caudicles 4 in 2 pairs; column winged; rostellum semiorbiculate, entire , abaxially covered with viscous substance. Fruits capsules, ellipsoid , 3-ribbed, 1-locular.

Species over 750: neotropical .

Stems of the encyclias are variable outside the flora area: rarely they are canelike and do not form pseudobulbs; leaves are sometimes semiterete. The genus has been misrepresented as epidendrums having pseudobulbs (O. Ames et al. 1936), as most of them do; some epidendrums also do.

The Florida species were segregated by J. K . Small (1933) into four genera: Encyclia, Hormidium, Anacheilium, and Epicladium. Most later authors recognized only Epidendrum or Epidendrum and Encyclia. Recent attempts for the reestablishment of Anacheilium and Hormidium (G. F. Pabst et al. 1981; R. P. Sauleda et al. 1984) were based mainly on Brazilian species and did not take Mexican species into consideration. Prosthechea has been recently recognized (W. E. Higgins 1997[1998]), thus leaving only one species of Encyclia in the flora area.Eric Hágsater "Encyclia". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 495, 608, 613. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Encyclia

There are approximately 468 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

E. abbreviata · E. acicularis · E. acuta · E. acutifolia · E. adenocarpa · E. adenocarpon · E. adenocarpon subsp. trachycarpa · E. adenocarpon trachycarpa · E. adenocarpos · E. adenocaula (Rabbit Ears) · E. adenocaule · E. adenocaulon · E. adenocaulos · E. adenocaulos kennedyi · E. adenocaulos var. kennedyi · E. advena · E. aemula · E. aenicta · E. affinis · E. alagoensis · E. alata (Encyclia Orchid) · E. alata subsp. parviflora · E. alata subsp. virella · E. alata virella · E. alatum · E. albopurpurea · E. alboxanthina · E. allemanii · E. allemanoides · E. almasii · E. aloisii · E. altissima · E. amabilis · E. amanda · E. ambigua · E. amicta · E. andrichii · E. angustifolia · E. angustiloba · E. apuahuensis · E. argentinensis · E. arminii · E. aromatica · E. aspera · E. asperirachis · E. asperula · E. atropurpurea · E. atropurpurea var. leucantha · E. atropurpurea var. rhodoglossa · E. atropurpurea var. rosea · E. atropurpureum var. Alba · E. atrorubens · E. auyantepuiensis · E. baculus · E. bahamensis · E. belisensis · E. belizensis · E. bennettii · E. betancourtiana · E. bicamerata · E. bicornuta · E. bidentata · E. bidentata erythronioides · E. bifida (Thicket Butterfly Orchid) · E. bipapulares · E. bipapularis · E. bocourtii · E. bohnkiana · E. boothiana (Booth's Orchid) · E. boothiana boothiana · E. boothiana erythronioides · E. boothiana favoris · E. boothiana var. erythronioides (Dollar Orchid) · E. boothiana var. erythronoides · E. brachiata · E. brachychila · E. brachycolumna · E. bracteata · E. bractescens (Encyclia Orchid) · E. bractesens · E. bradfordii · E. brassavolae · E. brenesii · E. buchtienii · E. bulbosa · E. burle-marxii · E. caetense · E. caicensis · E. cajalbanensis · E. calamaria · E. calderoniae · E. campos-portoi · E. campylostalix · E. candollei · E. capartiana · E. cardimii · E. caximboensis · E. ceratistes · E. chacaoense · E. chacaoensis

Bibliography

• Ames, O., F. T. Hubbard, and C. Schweinfurth. 1936. The Genus Epidendrum in the United States and Middle America. Cambridge, Mass.
• Dressler, R. L. and G. E. Pollard. 1976. The Genus Encyclia in Mexico, ed. 2. Mexico City.
• Pabst, G. F., J. L. Moutinho, and A. V. Pinto. 1981. An attempt to establish the correct statement for genus Anacheilium Hoffmgg. and revision of the genus Hormidium Lindl. ex Heynh. Bradea 3: 173-186.
• Sauleda, R. P. and R. M. Adams. 1983. The genus Encyclia Hook. (Orchidaceae) in the Bahama Archipelago. Rhodora 85: 127-174.

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 15, 2008:

• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJIO)
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: MEXU/Plantas Vasculares

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10735103
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-66931
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15682131
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630848-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2407118

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