Epidendrum cyparisii Hágsater, Charly & Viscardi

, Icon. Orchid. 17(1): t. 1717 (2019).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77204109-1
Publication
Icones Orchidacearum. Mexico City
Collation
17(1): t. 1717
Date of Publication
21 Oct 2019
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
Guillaume Viscardi & Louison Charly 797
Locality
St. Pierre: Montagne Pelée, 830-950 m
Collection Date
23 Mar 2019
Type Herbaria
holotype MTK
isotype GUAD
isotype P
Distribution Of Types
Martinique (Windward Is., Caribbean, Southern America)

Remarks

The specific epithet honours Louis-Auguste Cyparis, (Ludger Sylbaris, 1874-1929) one of the two survivors of the commune of St. Pierre, destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Pelée on May 8, 1902, destroying the town of St. Pierre and its 30,000 inhabitants.