Epidendrum rigidum Jacq.

First published in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29 (1760)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Island Socorro, S. Florida, Tropical America. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Epiphytic, with creeping, branched, compressed rhizome that give rise to scattered erect stems, these covered by the leaf-sheaths and mostly 10–20 cm long
Morphology Leaves
Leaves distichous, the blades articulate to the tubular sheaths, usually 5–9 per stem, the lower ones lacking blades, the upper with coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong blades mostly 2–7 cm long, obliquely notched at the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence terminal, erect, distichous raceme of 2–7 flowers; floral bracts greenish, folded and enclosing the ovary, 8–15 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers green to yellowish-green, sessile, resupinate; sepals ovate, 4.5–7 mm long; petals linear to linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, denticulate on the margins, 4–6 mm long; lip adnate to the column, the free apex broadly rounded, entire to crenulate-denticulate, 2.5–4.5 mm long, 2.1–3.4 mm wide
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
Column straight, 2–3 mm long, erose-dentate at the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ellipsoid, beaked, mostly 1.1–2 cm long.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Widely distributed in tropical America from Florida south to Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
Ecology
Rocky woodland
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Pacific. Elevation range: 200–1000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb, Epiphyte.
Conservation
Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 200 - 1000 m.; Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, epífita
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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