Orchidaceae
Epidendrum

Epidendrum difforme Jacq.

First published in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29 (1760)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Lesser Antilles to Trinidad. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baptista, J.A.N., Bianchetti, L.B. & Pellizzaro, K.F. (2005). Orchidaceae da Reserva Ecológia do Guará, D.F., Brasil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 19: 221-232.
  • Bocayuva Cunha, M.F. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2007). Orchidaceae no Parque Natural Municipal da Prainha, RJ, Brasil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 21: 383-400.
  • Ferreira, A.W.C., Lima, M.I.S. & Pansarin, E.R. (2010). Orchidaceae na região central de São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 243-259.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pansarin, E.R. & Pansarin, L.M. (2008). A família Orchidaceae na Serra do Japi, São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 87-98.
  • Solano Gómez, R., G. A. Salazar Chávez, R. Jiménez Machorro, G. E. Hágsater & G. Cruz García (2020). Actualización del catálogo de autoridades taxonómicas de Orchidaceae de México Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Oaxaca. Base de datos SNIB-CONABIO, Proyecto No. KT005. Ciudad de México.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [48497] French Guiana K000878140 Yes
Jun 1, 2004 Cutler, H.C. [8352] Brazil K000293552 Yes
Panama K:SPC-18361.000 No
Erskine [E166] Brazil K:SPC-35276.000 No
Panama K:SPC-18362.000 No
K:SPC-06799.000 No
K:SPC-09305.000 No
Phillips, B. [219] Dominican Republic K:SPC-46248.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-19709.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [82140] Mexico K:SPC-74704.000 No
Adams, B.R. [K35] Belize K:SPC-45848.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images