Encyclia tampensis

Encyclia tampensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Encyclia
Section: Encyclia sect. Hymenochila
Species:
E. tampensis
Binomial name
Encyclia tampensis
Synonyms
  • Encyclia tampensis f. albolabia P.M.Br. (1995)
  • Epidendrum porphyrospilum Rchb.f (1877);
  • Epidendrum tampense Lindl. (Basionym) (1847);
  • Epidendrum tampense var. albolabium A.D.Hawkes (1950)[1]

Encyclia tampensis (Encyclia from Greek - enkykleoma "to encircle" and tampensis - "Tampa") or Tampa butterfly orchid is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, subfamily Epidendroideae. It has been placed in Encyclia sect. Hymenochila.[2]

This species was first described by John Torrey in 1847.[3]

  1. ^ http://www.orchidspecies.com/enctampense.htm Orchid Species site
  2. ^ H. G. Reichenbach, "Orchides", nr. 55, in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers. Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)330, as "EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE"
  3. ^ http://culturesheet.org/orchidaceae:encyclia:tampensis Culture Sheet Project