View source for Encyclia ← Encyclia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Encyclia |accepted_authority=Hooker |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Bot. Mag. |place=55: plate 2831. 1828 |year=1828 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Epidendreae;Orchidaceae (tribe Epidendreae) subtribe Laeliinae;Encyclia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Epidendreae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Epidendreae) subtribe Laeliinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Encyclia]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek enkyklos, to encircle, referring to the lateral lobes of the lip, which encircle the column |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 495, 613 |treatment_page=page 608 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism habitat;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> epiphytic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root texture;root pubescence"><b>Roots </b>fleshy, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem orientation;pseudobulb shape"><b>Stems </b>aggregate, erect, forming ovoid-pyriform pseudobulbs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>apical, sessile, articulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade arrangement or shape;blade texture">blade linear-elliptic, leathery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;raceme life cycle"><b>Inflorescences </b>apical, racemes to panicles, flowering only once;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="spathe presence">spathe absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower orientation;flower architecture;flower development"><b>Flowers </b>resupinate, pedicellate, simultaneous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal size">sepals subequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="">petals similar;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="lip fixation or orientation;lip fusion;callus shape">lip appressed to column, adnate only at base, callus boatshaped;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pollinium quantity;pollinium shape;pollinium shape;pollinium size">pollinia 4, obovoid, laterally compressed, subequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="caudicle quantity;pair quantity">caudicles 4 in 2 pairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="column architecture">column winged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="rostellum shape;rostellum architecture or shape;substance texture">rostellum semiorbiculate, entire, abaxially covered with viscous substance.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule architecture or shape;fruits capsule architecture or structure in adjective form"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, ellipsoid, 3-ribbed, 1-locular.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Neotropical |discussion=<p>Species over 750 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Stems of the encyclias are variable outside the flora area: rarely they are canelike and do not form pseudobulbs; leaves are sometimes semiterete. The genus has been misrepresented as epidendrums having pseudobulbs (O. Ames et al. 1936), as most of them do; some epidendrums also do.</p><!-- --><p>The Florida species were segregated by J. K. Small (1933) into four genera: Encyclia, Hormidium, Anacheilium, and Epicladium. Most later authors recognized only Epidendrum or Epidendrum and Encyclia. Recent attempts for the reestablishment of Anacheilium and Hormidium (G. F. Pabst et al. 1981; R. P. Sauleda et al. 1984) were based mainly on Brazilian species and did not take Mexican species into consideration. Prosthechea has been recently recognized (W. E. Higgins 1997[1998]), thus leaving only one species of Encyclia in the flora area.</p><!-- --><p>Encyclia rufa (Lindley) Britton & Millspaugh has been excluded from the flora because only one specimen has been recorded, and it was probably introduced (R. P. Sauleda 1983). The species is endemic to the Bahamas and Cuba.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Encyclia |author=Eric Hágsater |authority=Hooker |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Orchidaceae |distribution=Neotropical |reference=None |publication title=Bot. Mag. |publication year=1828 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_1241.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Epidendreae |subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Epidendreae) subtribe Laeliinae |genus=Encyclia |blade arrangement or shape=linear-elliptic |blade texture=leathery |callus shape=boat-shaped |caudicle quantity=4 |column architecture=winged |flower architecture=pedicellate |flower development=simultaneous |flower orientation=resupinate |fruits capsule architecture or shape=3-ribbed |fruits capsule architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular |fruits capsule shape=ellipsoid |inflorescence position=apical |leaf architecture=articulate;sessile |leaf position=apical |lip fixation or orientation=appressed |lip fusion=adnate |pair quantity=2 |pollinium quantity=4 |pollinium shape=compressed;obovoid |pollinium size=subequal |pseudobulb shape=ovoid-pyriform |raceme life cycle=flowering |root pubescence=glabrous |root texture=fleshy |rostellum architecture or shape=entire |rostellum shape=semiorbiculate |sepal size=subequal |spathe presence=absent |stem architecture=aggregate |stem orientation=erect |substance texture=viscous |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism habitat=epiphytic }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae (tribe Epidendreae) subtribe Laeliinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Orchidaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Encyclia.