Epidendrum scandens Karremans, Chinchilla & Rojas-Alv.
, Phytotaxa 626(4): 291 (2023).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77331850-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 626(4): 291
- Date of Publication
- 28 Nov 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- A.P.Karremans & M.Contreras Fernández 9012
- Locality
- Cartago: El Guarco, San Isidro, Paso Macho (Macho Gaff), después del puesto de guardaparques del sector La Esperanza, Chonta, Parque Nacional Tapantí-Macizo de La Muerte, cuenca del Río Macho, camino a Queverí, 2850 m
- Collection Date
- 14 Nov 2021
- Type Herbaria
- holotype JBL (spirit)
isotype USJ - Latitude
- 9° 41' 29" N
- Longitude
- 83° 51' 58" W
- Distribution Of Types
- Costa Rica (Central America, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.626.4.6 Etymology: 'The specific epithet comes from the Latin scandens, meaning scandent, in allusion to the highly unusual habit of the plant'.