''Epidendrum'' subgenus ''Aulizeum'' was raised from sectional status by Lindley in 1853. According to the Latin diagnosis, this taxon included those species of ''

Epidendrum ''Epidendrum'' , abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,500 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name (from Greek ''επί, epi'' and ''δένδρο ...

'' with a multi-lobate

lip The lips are the visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be ...

adnate Adnate may refer to: * Adnation, in botany, the fusion of two or more whorls of a flower * Adnate, in mycology, a classification of lamellae (gills) * Conjoined twins Conjoined twins – sometimes popularly referred to as Siamese twins – are ...

to the

column A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. ...

, with

pseudobulb The pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids. It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed heteroblastic and ...

ous stems, with the flowers sessile or born on

raceme A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...

s or

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

s. In his further English description, Lindley stated that the species in this taxon have a horn-like stem which is only leafy at the end, and

racemose A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...

inflorescences. In 1861, Reichenbach listed 32 species in this subgenus; of these, Kew recognizes 31 as separate species. In 2004, Withner and Harding separated the eight species that Lindley had placed in ''E.'' subg. ''Aulizeum'' into the genus ''

Coilostylis ''Coilostylis'' is a genus of orchids. It was split off from the "supergenus" ''Epidendrum'' in 2004 although the Kew currently does not recognize this genus. This genus features pseudobulbs, large bracts around the flowers, and flowers that a ...

'', a change that has not been universally accepted.Carl Leslie Withner & Patricia A. Harding. ''The Cattleyas and their relatives: the debatable Epidendrums.'' Timber Press, Portland, OR. 2004 Additionally, several species have been moved into other genera, leaving thirteen still in ''Epidendrum'' subgenus ''Aulizeum'': *'' Artorima erubescens'' (

Lindl. John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...

) Dressler & G.E.Pollard (1971), listed by Reichenbach on p. 350 as ''E. erubescens'' *''

Coilostylis ciliaris ''Coilostylis ciliaris'' (fringed star orchid), formerly ''Epidendrum ciliare'', is a species of orchid in the genus '' Coilostylis''. It was transferred from ''Epidendrum'' by Withner and Harding in 2004. It is the type species of the genus '' ...

'' ( L.) Withner & P.A.Harding (2004)139, listed by Reichenbach on p. 347 as ''E. ciliare '' *'' Coilostylis clavata'' ( Raf.) Withner & P.A.Harding (2004)141, listed by Reichenbach on p. 349 as ''E. clavatum''. Recognized by Kew as ''E. purpurascens'' *'' Coilostylis falcata'' (

) Withner & P.A.Harding (2004)143, listed by Reichenbach on p. 348 as ''E. falcatum'' *'' Coilostylis vivipara'' (

) Withner & P.A.Harding (2004)146, listed by Reichenbach on pp. 348–349 as ''E. viviparum'' *'' Encyclia kermesina'' (

) P.Oriz (1995), listed by Reichenbach on p. 349 as ''E. kermesinum'' *'' Encyclia parallela'' (

) P.Ortiz(1995), listed by Reichenbach on p. 351 as ''E. parallelum'' *'' E. coryophorum'' (

Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the American continents, ...

)

Rchb.f. Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Icones Florae Germanicae et Helve ...

(1861), listed by Reichenbach on (p. 347) as ''E. coriophorum'' *'' E. jajense''

(1854), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 *'' E. miserum''

(1841), listed by Reichenbach on p. 354 as ''E. pulchellum'' *'' E. moritzii''

(1850), listed by Reichenbach on pp. 350–351 *'' E. oerstedii''

(1852), listed by Reichenbach on p. 348 as both ''E. costaricense'' and ''E. oerstedii''. *'' E. polystachyum''

(1816), listed by Reichenbach on p. 350. *'' E. parvilabre''

(1845), listed by Reichenbach on p. 351 *'' E. refractum''

(1843), listed by Reichenbach on p. 354 *'' E. rupestre''

(1841), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 *'' E. saxatile''

(1841), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 *'' E. stramineum''

(1853), listed by Reichenbach on p. 351 *'' E. tipuloideum''

(1853), listed by Reichenbach on p. 350 *'' E. volutum''

& Paxton (1852), listed by Reichenbach on p. 354 *'' Oestlundia luteorosea'' (

A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Frenc ...

& Galeotti) W.E.Higgins(2001), listed by Reichenbach on p. 347 as ''E. seriatum'' *'' Prosthechea arminii'' (

) Withner & P.A.Harding(2004)254, listed by Reichenbach on p. 353 as ''E. arminii'' *'' Prosthechea brachychila'' (

) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on pp. 352–353 as ''E. brachychilum *'' Prosthechea concolor'' ( Lex.) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 as ''E. pruinosum'' *'' Prosthechea grammatoglossa'' (

) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 350 as ''E. grammatoglossum'' *'' Prosthechea hartwegii'' (

) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 354 as ''E. hartwegii'' *''

Prosthechea lindenii ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this g ...

'' (

) W.E.Higgins(1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 353 as ''E. fallax'' *'' Prosthechea pastoris'' ( Lex.) Espejo & López-Ferr(2000), listed by Reichenbach on pp. 351–352 as ''E. venosum'' *'' Prosthechea rhynchophora'' ( A.Rich & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 352 as ''E. rhynchophorum'' *''

Prosthechea sceptra ''Prosthechea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word ''prostheke'' (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this g ...

'' (

) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 353 as ''E. sceptrum'' *'' Prosthechea serrulata ''( Sw.) W.E.Higgins (1998), listed by Reichenbach on p. 347 as ''E. serrulatum''

References

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