Epidendrum radicans information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Epidendrum radicans Pav. ex Lindl.

Genus: Epidendrum
Family: Orchidaceae subfamily: Epidendroideae tribe: Epidendreae.
Nomen number: 447732
Place of publication: Gen. sp. orchid. pl. 104. 1831
Name verified on: 24-Jan-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 20-May-2008
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:

CITES Appendix II
Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Distributional range:

Native:

NORTHERN AMERICA
Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz
SOUTHERN AMERICA
Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
Western South America: Colombia - Antioquia

References:

Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. [mentions].
CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [mentions].
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003–. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica.
Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Epidendrum radicans.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Epidendrum radicans.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Epidendrum radicans.

Check other web resources for Epidendrum radicans Pav. ex Lindl.:

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?447732 (20 June 2013)

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