Epidendrum subsect. Umbellata

Epidendrum subsect. Umbellata Rchb.f. is a subsection of section E. sect. Planifolia Rchb.f. of subgenus E. subg. Epidendrum Lindl. of the genus Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae. Plants of E. subsect. Umbellata differ from the other subsections of E. sect. Planifolia by producing inflorescences which are umbel-like. In 1861, Reichenbach recognized ten species in this subsection. Of these, nine are recognized with the same names by Kew :

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation	Page No.
	E. piperinum Lindl.	Colombia and northern Ecuador		p. 401
	E. difforme Jacq.	Leeward and Windward Islands, Trinidad		pp. 402–403
	E. lacertinum Lindl.	Guatemala and Mexico		pp. 403–404
	E. latilabre Lindl.	Brazil, French Guiana, Peru and Bolivia		p. 403
	E. longicolle Lindl.	Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad, northern Brazil, Ecuador and Peru		p. 404
	E. nocturnum Jacq.	Florida, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Leewards Islands, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Fr Guiana, Surinam, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia		p. 404, the type species of the genus Epidendrum
	E. sculptum Rchb.f.	Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Fr Guiana, Guyana, Surinam and Brazil		p. 401
	E. tetraceros Rchb.f.	Costa Rica		p. 403
	E. tolimense Lindl.	Costa Rica, Colombia and southern Ecuador		p. 402

The tenth species listed by Reichenbach, E. ensatum, is identified by Kew as a synonym of E. anceps Jacq., which was classified by Reichenbach in the subsection E. subsect. Integra of E. sect. Schistochila of E. subg. Amphiglottium.
The diagnosis and name of this subsection were published on page 397 of Reichenbach, 1861, as