Encyclia bractescens (Lindl.) Hoehne [ Epidendrum linearifolium Hook.]
Gould, monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds
Monogr. Trochilidae

vol. 5 (1861)
t. 313
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Encyclia bractescens (Lindl.) Hoehne


name cited:
Epidendrum linearifolium Hook.
name recognized:
Encyclia bractescens (Lindl.) Hoehne
name recognized (basionym):
Epidendrum bractescens Lindl.
drawing: J. Gould J. Gould
family: Orchidaceae
subfamily: Epidendroideae
tribe: Epidendreae
subtribe: Laeliinae
epithet cited: linearifolius,-a,-um

epithet recognized: bractescens

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homotypic synonyms:
Epidendrum bractescens Lindl.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Encyclia acicularis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Britton & Millsp.; Encyclia acicularis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr.; Epidendrum aciculare Bateman ex Lindl.; Epidendrum esculentum Lindl.; Epidendrum linearifolium Hook.;
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