Epicladium Small or Guarianthe Dressler & W.E. Higgins (Orchidaceae)?

Authors

  • John Beckner Curator Orchid Identification Center, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 South Palm Ave., Sarasota, Florida 32667, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v5i1.21160

Keywords:

Cattleya, Epicladium, Guarianthe, botanical nomenclature

Abstract

Guarianthe Dressler & W.E.Higgins as a genus has found little favor with orchid growers. If these species are a distinct genus from Cattleya Lindl., under any name, the effects will be substantial. All taxa of this alliance are of considerable horticultural importance, as species and in the ancestry of thousands of garden hybrids. In any case, Guarianthe cannot be replaced by Epicladium Small, which was based on Epidendrum boothianum. 

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Published

2015-09-09

How to Cite

Beckner, J. (2015). Epicladium Small or Guarianthe Dressler & W.E. Higgins (Orchidaceae)?. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v5i1.21160

Issue

2005: Lankesteriana: Volumen 5, Número 1

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