''Epidendrum'' subsect. ''Carinata''

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(1861) is a subsection of the section ''E''. sect. ''Schistochila''

(1861) of the subgenus ''E''. subg. ''Amphiglottium'' Lindl. (1841) of the genus ''Epidendrum'' of the Orchidaceae (orchid family). This subsection differs from the subsection ''E''. subsect. ''Integra'' in that the margins of the trilobate lip are dentate or lacerate. This subsection differs from the subsection ''E''. subsect. ''Tuberculata'' by possessing a keel or carina on the midlobe of the lip. In 1861,

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listed nine species in this subsection. * '' E. attenuatum'' Lindl. (1853) (p. 389) * '' E. calanthum''

& Warsz. (1854) as ''E. calanthum'' (p. 390) and ''E. paytense'' (p. 391) * '' E. cinnabarinum'' ex Lindl. (1831) (p. 389) * '' E. imatophyllum'' Lindl. (1831) (p. 391) As of August 1, 2009, the World Checklist had no entry for this binomial, but accepted '' E. flexuosum'' G.Mey. (1818), which Reichenbach 1861 lists as a possible synonym. Kew listed ''E. imantophyllum'' with the same reference to Lindley, 1831. Lindley 1831 spells it ''E. imatophyllum''. * '' E. fulgens'' Brogn. (1834) as a synonym of ''E. schomburgkii'' var. ''conflens'' (p. 389-390) * '' E. ibaguense'' Kunth (1816) as ''E. decipiens '' Lindl. (1853) (p. 391) and ''E. schomburgkii'' var. ''conflens'' (p. 389-390) * '' E. macrocarpum''

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(1792) as ''E. schomburgkii'' Lindl. (1838) (pp. 389–390) * '' E. radicans'' Pav. ex Lindl.(1831) (p. 390) * '' E. spicatum''

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(1851) (p. 389) '' E. puniceoluteum'' was placed in ''E''. subsect. ''Carinata'' in its publication as a new species in 2007. '' E. denticulatum'' was also acknowledged to be in ''E''. subsect. ''Carinata'' in Pinheiro and Barros 2007.

Cytology

The observed

diploid Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectively ...

chromosome numbers within ''Epidendrum'' subsect. ''Carinata'' are rather variable: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 *24 for ''E. flexuoxum'' and an individual of ''E. fulgens'' described as ''E. mosenii'' *28 for ''E. fulgens'' *30 for ''E. calanthum'' *40 for ''E. denticulatum'' and ''E. radicans'' *52 for ''E. puniceoluteum'' *60 for ''E. radicans'' *70 for ''E. ibaguense'' and ''E. radicans'' *~240 for ''E. cinnabarinum''

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