Definition of Genus Epidendrum

1. Noun. Large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States.

Exact synonyms: Epidendrum
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Epidendron

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Epidendrum

genus Engraulis
genus Enhydra
genus Ensete
genus Ensis
genus Entandrophragma
genus Entelea
genus Enterobius
genus Enterolobium
genus Entoloma
genus Entomophthora
genus Eoraptor
genus Epacris
genus Ephedra
genus Ephestia
genus Ephippiorhynchus
genus Epidendrum (current term)
genus Epigaea
genus Epilachna
genus Epilobium
genus Epimedium
genus Epinephelus
genus Epipactis
genus Epiphyllum
genus Epipremnum
genus Episcia
genus Eptatretus
genus Eptesicus
genus Equetus
genus Equisetum
genus Equus

Literary usage of Genus Epidendrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paxton's Flower Garden by Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley, Thomas Baines (1883)
"... the genus Epidendrum does not furnish near so many ... with the genus Epidendrum worth taking into ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1886)
"The whole genus was at one time referred by Professor Reichenbach to the genus Epidendrum, and indeed there are connecting links in the form of such plants ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"One of the subdivisions of the genus Epidendrum, including those species (between forty and fifty in number) with slender leafy erect stems, and flowers on ..."

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