Orchidaceae
Epidendrum

Epidendrum brenesii Schltr.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 209 (1923)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Costa Rica. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Karremans, A.P. & Hágsater, E. (2010). Confusion in Epidendrum brenesii Schltr., and a new Costa Rican species: Epidendrum sotoanum (Orchidaceae). Lankesteriana 9: 403-409.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Encyclia mooreana.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Karremans, A.P. & Hágsater, E. (2010). Confusion in Epidendrum brenesii Schltr., and a new Costa Rican species: Epidendrum sotoanum (Orchidaceae). Lankesteriana 9: 403-409.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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