Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Epidendrum spicatum Hook. f.

Orquídea, buttonhole orchid, Galápagos orchid

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Asparagales

Family
Orchidaceae

Genus
Epidendrum

Species
spicatum

Taxon category: Accepted

Order changed from Orchidales to Asparagales (updated by: J.Villalba 2022).

Taxon origin: Endemic

Status

Vulnerable

References

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