World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Epidendrum retusum L., Sp. Pl.: 953 (1753).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 286 (1825).
Family:	Orchidaceae
Limodorum retusum (L.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 80 (1799). Aerides retusa (L.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 233 (1800). Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 286 (1825). Saccolabium retusum (L.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 630 (1845). Gastrochilus retusus (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts