Characteristics
Monocots
Epidendrum anceps Jacq.
DINGY-FLOWERED STAR ORCHID; DINGY-FLOWERED EPIDENDRUM
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Hágsater (in FNA, vol. 26) recognized these plants as E. amphistomum in Florida, excluding E. anceps from Florida. Ackerman (2014) reported both E. amphistomum and E. anceps for Florida; he distinguished E. amphistomum with a petal apex twice as wide as the base, bilobed labellum, and green to yellowish green flowers vs. E. anceps with a petal apex only slightly wider than the base, trilobed labellum, and maroon to yellowish brown flowers.
Native
Endangered-State
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Classification
ASPARAGALES
Epidendrum anceps Jacq. - DINGY-FLOWERED STAR ORCHID; DINGY-FLOWERED EPIDENDRUM
Citation
EPIDENDRUM ANCEPS Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 224, pl. 138. 1763.
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MARTINIQUE: Without data, Jacquin s.n. (holotype: BM).
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