Typifications in Epidendrum species (Laeliinae, Orchidaceae) endemic to Brazil Author Pessoa, Edlley M. 0000-0003-3800-8684 Laboratorio de Estudos Integrados de Plantas, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil edlley_max@hotmail.com Author Zocal, Kelvin H. 0000-0002-6246-7816 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil kelvinzocal@gmail.com Author Feitoza, Lucas H. J. 0009-0002-5443-3664 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil luc.jer21@gmail.com Author Rondon-Anjos, Marcos V. 0009-0001-1127-2525 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil marcosrondon.anjos2014@gmail.com Author Pinho, Max F. 0000-0002-3505-9032 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil maxferpinho@gmail.com Author Ribeiro, Murilo G. 0009-0001-4459-5750 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil murilogr2014@gmail.com Author Cabral, Thainá P. S. 0009-0005-9831-6664 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil thainapcabral00@gmail.com Author Koch, Ana K. 0000-0002-9662-6459 Laboratorio de Estudos Integrados de Plantas, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil anakbio@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-09-19 665 2 167 173 https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.665.2.7 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.665.2.7 1179-3163 14517010 6. Epidendrum henschenii Barbosa Rodrigues (1881:147) Type:— BRAZIL . Minas Gerais : Caldas, between Capivary and Retiro das Antas , 1843, fl., Regnell III-1670 ( lectotype designated here: P 00477919 photo!; isolectotypes : S 19-31771 photo!, S 19-31752 photo!, S19-31772 photo!) . = Epidendrum brevicolle Kraenzlin (1921: 20) Type :— BRAZIL . Paraná : Jaguariaíva , 17 Apr 1911 , fl., Dusén 11712 ( lectotype designated here: S 08-3348 photo!; isolectotypes : S 08- 3349 photo!, HBG 501631 photo!) . Notes: Barbosa Rodrigues described E. henschenii based on material collected by Regnell. We were able to find four specimens belonging to Regnell, three at S ( S 19-31771, S 19-31752, S 19-31772) and one in P ( P 00477919). Barbosa Rodrigues (1881) clearly stated that the type specimen was in the Regnellian Herbarium, currently S ( Santos 2016 , Stafleu & Cowan 1976 ). We choose S 08-3348 as the lectotype due to handwritten notes and more flowers when compared with the other specimens at S ; the sheet from P and the other two from S are designated as isolectotypes . Forty years after the description of E. henschenii , Kraenzlin described E. brevicolle based on material collected by Dúsen. Today, this is species is considered a heterotypic synonym of E. henschenii ( Pessoa 2020 ) . Kraenzlin did not indicate in the protologue the herbarium where the type was deposited. Although the main herbarium of Kraenzlin was acquired by B ( Stafleu & Cowan 1976 ) and consequently destroyed during WWII (Merril 1943), we found three specimens of Dúsen material, two at S ( S 08-3348, S 08-3349) and one at HBG ( HBG 501631). We selected S 08-3348 as lectotype because it bears more flowers and fruits than the other specimens.