Epidendrum difforme explained

Epidendrum difforme (the "Differently Formed Epidendrum") is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum. In 1861, Müller classified this species in the subsection Umbellata of the section Planifolia of subgenus Euepidendrum Lindl. of the genus Epidendrum.

The diploid chromosome number of E. difforme has been determined both as 2n = 40 and as 2n = 39.^[1]

References

Reichenbach, H. G. "Orchides" in Müller, C. Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)402-403. Berlin.

Notes and References

1. page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf