Echinosepala

Echinosepala is a proposed genus of orchids comprising the subgenera Silenia and Satyria of the genus Myoxanthus. There is little reason to resist this change, thus Echinosepala is widely accepted. The genus contains 8 species.

Echinosepala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Epidendreae
Subtribe:
Pleurothallidinae
Genus:
Echinosepala

Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, 2002
Type species
Echinosepala aspasicensis
(Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, 2002

The genus was formerly known as Echinella Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, but as this latter also refers to an algae genus, it has been changed to Echinosepala.

List of species
  1. Echinosepala aspasicensis (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
  2. Echinosepala balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
  3. Echinosepala lappiformis (A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
  4. Echinosepala pan (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
  5. Echinosepala sempergemmata (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
  6. Echinosepala stonei (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
  7. Echinosepala tomentosa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
  8. Echinosepala uncinata (Fawc.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, (2002).
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