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Epidendrum ciliare
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Epidendrum ciliare

Epidendrum ciliare, synonyms including Coilostylis ciliaris is a species of orchid. It is known as the fringed star orchid. It has a wide distribution from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to northern and western South America.

It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759. It was transferred from Epidendrum to Coilostylis by Withner and Harding in 2004, but this is not accepted by Plants of the World Online.

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8 branches of this group, most-observed first

Fringed Star Orchid

speciesEpidendrum ciliare

Epidendrum cilioccidentale

speciesEpidendrum cilioccidentale

Epidendrum purpurascens

speciesEpidendrum purpurascens

Epidendrum oerstedii

speciesEpidendrum oerstedii

Epidendrum megalemmum

speciesEpidendrum megalemmum

Epidendrum sandiorum

speciesEpidendrum sandiorum

Epidendrum esperanza-mejiae

speciesEpidendrum esperanza-mejiae

Epidendrum × foulquieri

hybridEpidendrum × foulquieri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1484557.