Scaphosepalum 2729600 196866164 2008-03-08T22:15:09Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Scaphosepalum'' | image = Scaphosepalum_swertifolium-detail.jpeg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''[[Scaphosepalum swertiifolium]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Orchidales]] | familia = [[Orchidaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]] | tribus = [[Epidendreae]] | subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]] | genus = '''''Scaphosepalum''''' | genus_authority = [[Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer|Pfitzer]], 1889 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = <center>See text</center> }} '''''Scaphosepalum''''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] "boatlike sepals") is a [[genus]] of [[plant]]s belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Orchidaceae]]. The species in this genus are mostly found in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. 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|African buffalo's]] horns, others possessing characteristics of [[Cobra (snake)|snake fangs]]. Species in this genus are [[epiphyte|ephiphytic]] in their growth habit and according to the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] ''Sppm.'' is the genus' official abbreviation. ==Species== *''[[Scaphosepalum anchoriferum]]'' (Rchb. f.) Rolfe [[1890]] (Costa Rica; Panama) *''[[Scaphosepalum andreettae]]'' Luer [[1985]] (Ecuador) *''[[Scaphosepalum antenniferum]]'' Rolfe [[1890]] (Ecuador; Bolivia; Colombia; Peru) *''[[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) : type species *''[[Scaphosepalum viviparum]]'' Luer [[1978]] *''[[Scaphosepalum xystra]]'' Luer [[1988]] ==References== *[http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Missouri Botanical Garden w<sup>3</sup> TROPICOS] *[http://www.kew.org/monocotChecklist/ The World Checklist of Monocotyledons] ==External links== *[http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registration_orchids.asp Royal Horticultural Society: Registration of Orchids] [[Category:Orchid genera]] [[pt:Scaphosepalum]]