Epidendrum croceoserpens Hágsater & Salas Guerr.
, Icon. Orchid. 17(2): t. 1765 (2020).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77218395-1
- Publication
- Icones Orchidacearum. Mexico City
- Collation
- 17(2): t. 1765
- Date of Publication
- 11 May 2020
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- José Dilmer Edquén Oblitas 1967
- Locality
- San Martin: Provincia: Rioja, Sector: Chisquilla, ingresando por la Comunidad Granada, próximo a las 7 lagunas, espaldas del Cerro Campanario, 3513 m
- Collection Date
- 1 Mar 2020
- Type Herbaria
- holotype USM
isotype HURP - Distribution Of Types
- Peru (Western South America, Southern America)
Remarks
The specifice epithet is from the Latin croceus, saffron, and serpens, snake, in reference to saffron (orange) colored flowers of this species of the Serpens subgroup, due to the long line of alternating, wavy pseudobulbs typical of older plants.