''Integra'' is a subsection of the section ''Schistochila'' of the subgenus ''Amphiglotium'' (
Lindl.) of the genus ''
Epidendrum'' of the Orchidaceae (orchid family). Like the other subsections of ''Schistochila'', ''Integra'' plants are
sympodial orchids with no tendency to produce
pseudobulbs. They bear a terminal
inflorescence with a
peduncle Peduncle may refer to:
*Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed
*Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body
**Peduncle (art ...
covered for most of its length with close, thin, imbricate sheaths, and terminating in a
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 ...
. This subsection differs from the other two in that the margins of the trilobate
lip are not lacerate, fringed, or denticulate. In 1861,
Reichenbach Reichenbach may refer to:
Places Austria
* Reichenbach (Litschau), a part of Litschau
* Reichenbach (Rappottenstein), a part of Rappottenstein
Germany
* Reichenbach (Oberlausitz), in Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis district, Saxony
* Rei ...
listed fifteen separate species in this subsection. Some of these names are now recognized as synonyms
[apps.kew.org/wcsp/]
* ''
E. anceps''
Jacq.
Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany.
Biography
Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
(1763) as ''E. fuscatum''
Sw.
Olof Peter Swartz (21 September 1760 – 19 September 1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes.
Biography
Olof Swartz attended the University of Uppsala where he st ...
(p. 385-386)
* ''
E. anisatum''
Lex. (1825) (p. 385). Also as ''E. gladiatum''
Lindl. (p. 384-385)
* ''
E. campestre''
Lindl. (1844) (pp. 386–387)
* ''
E. centropetalum''
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 ...
(1852) (p. 388)
* ''
E. fruticosum''
Pav. ex Lindl. (1831) (p. 384)
* ''
E. lima''
Lindl. (1853) (p. 387)
* ''
E. orchidiflorum''
ex. Lindl. (1831) (p. 385)
* ''
E. ovalifolium''
Lindl. (1831) (p. 386)
* ''
E. paranthicum''
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 ...
(1852) (pp. 387–388)
* ''
E. patens''
Sw.
Olof Peter Swartz (21 September 1760 – 19 September 1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes.
Biography
Olof Swartz attended the University of Uppsala where he st ...
(1806) (p. 384)
* ''
E. saxatile''
Lindl (1841) as ''E. weddelii''
Lindl. (1853) (p. 387)
* ''
E. smaragdinum''
Lindl. (1838)(p. 386)
* ''
E. vandifolium''
Lindl. (1849) (p. 387)
* ''
E. warszewiczii''
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 ...
(1852) (p. 387)
References
Plant subsections
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