Echinosepala

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Echinosepala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Echinosepala
Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, 2002
Type species
Echinosepala aspasicensis
(Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, 2002
Species
  • Echinosepala aspasicensis
  • Echinosepala sempergemmata
  • Echinosepala stonei
  • Echinosepala uncinata
  • etc.

Echinosepala is a proposed genus of orchids comprised of the subgenera Silenia and Satyria of the genus Myoxanthus. There is little reason to resist this change, thus Echinosepala is widely accepted. The genus contains 8 species.

The genus was formerly known as Echinella Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, but as this latter also refers to an algae genus, it has been changed to Echinosepala.