Scaphosepalum (from Greek "boatlike sepals") is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The species in this genus are mostly found in Central and South America, with one species extending into southern Mexico.[1] In accordance with their genus name, many species in this genus produce unusual and distinctive flowers; some possessing cushion-like characteristics reminiscent of an African buffalo's horns, others possessing characteristics of snake fangs.
| Scaphosepalum | |
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| Scaphosepalum swertiifolium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Pleurothallidinae |
| Genus: | Scaphosepalum Pfitzer, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Scaphosepalum verrucosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer
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Species in this genus are epiphytic in their growth habit and according to the Royal Horticultural Society Sppm. is the genus' official abbreviation.
Species edit
- Scaphosepalum anchoriferum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Costa Rica; Panama)
- Scaphosepalum andreettae Luer 1985 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum antenniferum Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador; Bolivia; Colombia; Peru)
- Scaphosepalum aociorum Jiménez 2021 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum beluosum Luer 1979 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum bicolor Luer & R. Escobar 1981
- Scaphosepalum bicristatum Luer 2002 (Colombia)
- Scaphosepalum breve (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Bolivia; Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum cimex Luer & Hirtz 1988 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum clavellatum Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum cloesii Luer 1998 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum dalstroemii Luer 1984 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum decorum Luer & R. Escobar 1982
- Scaphosepalum delhierroi Luer & Hirtz 1991 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum digitale Luer & Hirtz 1991 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum dodsonii Luer 1983 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum fimbriatum Luer & Hirtz 1988 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum gibberosum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890
- Scaphosepalum globosum Luer & Hirtz 1998 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum grande Kraenzl. 1922 (Colombia)
- Scaphosepalum hirtzii Luer 1980 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum jostii Luer 1998 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum lima (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920 (Colombia)
- Scaphosepalum macrodactylum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum manningii Luer 1998 (Venezuela)
- Scaphosepalum martineae Luer 1998 (Peru)
- Scaphosepalum medinae Luer & J.J. Portilla 2000 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum merinoi Luer 2002 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum microdactylum Rolfe 1893 (Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Mexico; Nicaragua; Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum odontochilum Kraenzl. 1925 (Colombia; Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum ophidion Luer 1981 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum ovulare Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum panduratum Luer & R. Escobar 1997 (Colombia)
- Scaphosepalum parviflorum Luer & Hirtz 1992 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum pleurothallodes Luer & Hirtz 1992 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum portillae Luer 2002 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum pulvinare (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum rapax Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum swertiifolium (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador; Colombia)
- Scaphosepalum swertiifolium subsp. exiguum Luer & R. Escobar (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum swertiifolium subsp. swertiifolium
- Scaphosepalum tiaratum Luer 1981 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum triceratops Luer & Andreetta 1988 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum ursinum Luer 1979 (Ecuador)
- Scaphosepalum verrucosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1888 (Ecuador; Venezuela)
- Scaphosepalum viviparum Luer 1978
- Scaphosepalum xystra Luer 1988
References edit
External links edit
Media related to Scaphosepalum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Scaphosepalum at Wikispecies
