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Epidendrum subsect. Carinata

Epidendrum subsect. Carinata
Epidendrum denticulatum calli.jpg
E. denticulatum lip, showing keel, or carina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: E. subg. Amphiglottium
Section:
Subsection: E. subsect. Carinata
Rchb.f.

Epidendrum subsect. Carinata Rchb.f. (1861) is a subsection of the section Rchb.f. (1861) of the subgenus E. subg. Amphiglottium Lindl. (1841) of the genus Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae (orchid family). This subsection differs from the subsection E. subsect. Integra in that the margins of the trilobate lip are dentate or lacerate. This subsection differes from the subsection E. subsect. Tuberculata by possessing a keel or carina on the midlobe of the lip. In 1861, Reichenbach listed nine species in this subsection.


E. puniceoluteum was placed in E. subsect. Carinata in its publication as a new species in 2007.
E. denticulatum was also acknowledged to be in E. subsect. Carinata in Pinheiro and Barros 2007.

The observed diploid chromosome numbers within Epidendrum subsect. Carinata are rather variable:


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