Encyclia patens

Encyclia patens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Encyclia
Species:
E. patens
Binomial name
Encyclia patens
Synonyms

Of var. patens:[1]

  • Encyclia flava (Lindl.) Porto & Brade
  • Encyclia odoratissima (Lindl.) Schltr.
  • Encyclia tripartita (Vell.) Hoehne
  • Epidendrum flavum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum glutinosum Scheidw.
  • Epidendrum odoratissimum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum oncidioides var. itabirae W.Zimm.
  • Epidendrum tripartitum Vell.
  • Sulpitia odorata Raf.

Of var. serroniana:[2]

  • Encyclia odoratissima var. serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Brieger ex F.Barros
  • Encyclia serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne
  • Epidendrum serronianum Barb.Rodr.

Encyclia patens is a species of orchid native to east and south Brazil.[3] Encyclia flava is a synonym of Encyclia patens var. patens.[1]

As of December 2023, two varieties were accepted by Plants of the World Online:[3]

  • Encyclia patens var. patens
  • Encyclia patens var. serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Romanini & F.Barros

The diploid chromosome number of E. patens has been determined as 2n = 40.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Encyclia patens var. patens". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ^ "Encyclia patens var. serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Romanini & F.Barros". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ^ a b "Encyclia patens Hook." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. ^ page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf