Epidendrum ramosum Jacq. (Enum. Syst. Pl. 29. 1760.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Grenada, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Synonyms: Epidendrum ramosum Jacq. var. lineare Stehlé (Bull. Agric. Martinique 8: 249. 1939.), Epidendrum rigidum sensu Lodd., non Jacq. (Bot. Cab. 16: t. 1600. 1830.), Spathiger ramosus (Jacq.) Britton (In N.L. Britton & P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 202. 1924.), Citations:1). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 2). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 3). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). Mejía P., M.M. 1984. La vegetacion y la flora de la cuenca del arroyo parra, Provincia Peravia, Republica Dominicana. Moscosoa 3: 127-148. 6). The C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium. 2003. Vascular plants type catalog. New York Botanical Garden. Website: sciweb.nybg.org/science2/hcol/vasc/index.asp 7). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 8). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 19 May 10 |