Which has more species, Ecballium or Brownea?
Ecballium Ecballium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species, Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber (but not to be confused with "Cyclanthera explodens"). It gets its unusual name from the fact that, when ripe, it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds, which can be seen with the naked eye. It is thus considered to have rapid plant movement.
Epidendrum tridens Epidendrum tridens ("the three-toothed "Epidendrum"") is a terrestrial orchid closely allied to "E. nocturnum", of which it has often been considered a variety or synonym. For example, Reichenbach 1861 lists "Epidendrum tridens" as a synonym of "Epidendrum nocturnum" and "Epidendrum nocturnum" var. "latifolium" as a distinguishable variety of "Epidendrum nocturnum".