Epidendrum sect. Holochila
| Epidendrum sect. Holochila | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | E. subg. Amphiglottium |
| Section: |
E. sect. Holochila Rchb.f. |
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. It differs from section by having a lip with no lobes. 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.
When he published the section, Reichenbach included fourteen species. Kew recognizes thirteen of these as separate species. (Page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861).
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