Epidendrum floridense Hágsater. Common name: Umbrella Star Orchid. Phenology: (Jan-) Aug-Nov (-Dec). Habitat: Epiphytic on trees in swamps. Distribution: S. FL (rarely c. peninsular FL); West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola). Perhaps now restricted to s. FL, historically in c. FL (K. DeLaney 105) and on Torry Island Hammocks of Lake Okeechobee (J.K. Small 4175)
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Formerly often included in the more widespread E. difforme.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NSProv, POWO, WH3, WI; < Amphiglottis difformis (Jacq.) Britton — S, misapplied (more broadly circumscribed); < Epidendrum difforme Jacq. — S13, Correll (1950), misapplied (more broadly circumscribed). Basionym: Epidendrum floridense Hágsater 1993
Links to other floras: = Epidendrum floridense - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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