Epidendrum subsect. Racemosa
Introduction '''''Epidendrum'' subsect. ''Racemosa''''' is a subsection belonging to section ''E''. sect. ''Planifolia'' of subgenus ''E''. subg. ''Epidendrum'' within the orchid family ''Orchidaceae''. Plants classified under Racemosa differ from other subsections of ''E''. sect. ''Planifolia'' in their production of raceme-like inflorescences. In 1861, Reichenbach identified 26 species within this subsection. These names correspond to 25 species currently recognized in the ''World Checklist of Selected Plant Families'' (page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861):* ''E. acuminatum'' Ruiz & Pav. (1798) (p. 408) * ''E. angustissimum'' Lindl. (1853) (p. 407) * ''E. arbuscula'' Lindl. (1842) (p. 410) * ''E. cardioglossum'' Rchb.f. (1850) (p. 407) * ''E. cernuum'' Kunth (1816) (p. 409) * ''E. chioneum'' Lindl. (1845) (p. 409)* ''E. conopseum'' R.Br. (1813) (p. 408), syn. ''E. magnoliae'' Muhl. (1813)* ''E. fimbriatum'' Kunth (1816) (p. 406) * ''E. gastropodium'' Rchb.f. (1862)(p. 405)  * ''E. globiflorum'' F.Lelun & Kraenzl (1899) as ''E. coccineum'' Rchb.f. (1855) nom. illeg. (p. 405) * ''E. incomptum'' Rchb.f. (1853) (p. 410) * ''E. insectiferum'' Lindl. (1853) (p. 409) * ''E. jamaicense'' Lindl. (1853) (p. 404-405) * ''E. longipetalum'' A.Rich & Galeotti (1845) (p. 407) * ''E. orgyale'' Lindl. (1845) (p. 406) * ''E. philippii'' Rchb.f. (1850) (p. 405—406) * ''E. propinquum'' A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845) (p. 405). also listed as ''E. ledifolium'' A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845) (p. 405) . * ''E. quadrangulatum'' A.D.Hawkes (1957) as ''E. quadratum'' Lindl. (1853) ''nom. illeg.'' (p. 406) * ''E. sarcostalix'' Rchb.f. & Warsz. (1854)  (p. 406) * ''E. steyermarkii'' A.D. Hawkes (1957) as ''E matutinum'' Rchb.f. (1850) ''nom. illeg.'' (p. 409) * ''E. scabrum'' Ruiz & Pav. (1798) (p. 408)* ''E. tenue'' Lindl. (1841) (p. 407) * ''E. torquatum'' Lindl. (1845) (p. 408-409) * ''E. vernixium'' Rchb.f. & Warsz. (1854) (pp. 407–408) * ''E. veroscriptum'' Hágsater (1993) as ''E. scriptum'' A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845) ''nom. illeg.'' (p. 407)
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