Epidendrum subsect. Racemosa is a subsection of section E. sect. Planifolia

Epidendrum sect. Planifolia

The section Epidendrum sect. Planifolia of the subgenus E. subg. Epidendrum Lindl. 1841 of the genus Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae was published in 1861 by Reichenbach It differs from the other three sections The section Epidendrum sect. Planifolia of the subgenus...

 of subgenus E. subg. Epidendrum

Epidendrum subg. Epidendrum

The subgenus Epidendrum subg. Epidendrum was published as "Euepidendrum" in 1841 with the diagnosis "Caulis foliosus. Pedunculus brevis esquamatus...

 of the genus Epidendrum

Epidendrum

Epidendrum , abbreviated Epi in horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,100 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name refers to its epiphytic growth habit...

of the Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...

(orchid family). Plants of Racemosa differ from the other subsections of E. sect. Planifolia by producing inflorescence

Inflorescence

An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...

s which are raceme

Raceme

A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...

s. In 1861, Reichenbach recognized 26 species in this subsection. These names correspond to 25 species currently recognized in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (page numbers refer to Reichenbach 1861):

• E. acuminatum Ruiz
  Hipólito Ruiz López
  Hipólito Ruiz López , or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788...
  
   & Pav.(1798) (p. 408)
• E. angustissimum Lindl. (1853) (p. 407)
• E. arbuscula Lindl. (1842) (p. 410)
• E. cardioglossum Rchb.f. (1850) (p. 407)
• E. cernuum Kunth
  Carl Sigismund Kunth
  Carl Sigismund Kunth , also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist...
  
   (1816) (p. 409)
• E. chioneum Lindl. (1845) (p. 409)
• E. fimbriatum
  Epidendrum fimbriatum
  Epidendrum fimbriatum is a terrestrial orchid native to high altitudes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.-Description:...
  
  Kunth
  Carl Sigismund Kunth
  Carl Sigismund Kunth , also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist...
  
   (1816) (p. 406)
• E. gastropodium Rchb.f. (1862)(p. 405)
• E. globiflorum F.Lelun & Kraenzl (1899) as E. coccineum Rchb.f.(1855) nom. illeg. (p. 405)
• E. incomptum Rchb.f. (1853) (p. 410)
• E. insectiferum Lindl. (1853) (p. 409)
• E. jamaicense Lindl. (1853) (p. 404-405)
• E. longipetalum A.Rich & Galeotti
  Henri Guillaume Galeotti
  Henri Guillaume Galeotti was a French-Belgian botanist and geologist of Italian parentage who was born in Paris. He specialized in the study of the family Cactaceae....
  
   (1845) (p. 407)
• E. magnoliae
  Epidendrum magnoliae
  Epidendrum magnoliae, commonly known as Epidendrum conopsem is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum. It is the most northern-growing Epidendrum in nature, being found wild as far north as North Carolina...
  
  Muhl. (1813) as E. conopseum R.Br. (1813) (p. 408)
• E. orgyale Lindl. (1845) (p. 406)
• E. philippii Rchb.f. (1850) (p. 405—406)
• E. propinquum A.Rich. & Galeotti
  Henri Guillaume Galeotti
  Henri Guillaume Galeotti was a French-Belgian botanist and geologist of Italian parentage who was born in Paris. He specialized in the study of the family Cactaceae....
  
   (1845) (p. 405). also listed as E. ledifolium A.Rich. & Galeotti
  Henri Guillaume Galeotti
  Henri Guillaume Galeotti was a French-Belgian botanist and geologist of Italian parentage who was born in Paris. He specialized in the study of the family Cactaceae....
  
   (1845) (p. 405) .
• E. quadrangulatum A.D.Hawkes (1957) as E. quadratum Lindl. (1853) nom. illeg. (p. 406)
• E. sarcostalix Rchb.f. & Warsz. (1854) (p. 406)
• E. steyermarkii A.D. Hawkes (1957) as E matutinum Rchb.f. (1850) nom. illeg. (p. 409)
• E. scabrum Ruiz
  Hipólito Ruiz López
  Hipólito Ruiz López , or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788...
  
   & Pav. (1798) (p. 408)
• E. tenue Lindl. (1841) (p. 407)
• E. torquatum Lindl. (1845) (p. 408-409)
• E. vernixium Rchb.f. & Warsz. (1854) (pp. 407-408)
• E. veroscriptum Hágsater  (1993) as E. scriptum A.Rich. & Galeotti
  Henri Guillaume Galeotti
  Henri Guillaume Galeotti was a French-Belgian botanist and geologist of Italian parentage who was born in Paris. He specialized in the study of the family Cactaceae....
  
   (1845) nom. illeg. (p. 407)