Echinosepala

Taxobox
name = "Echinosepala"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Epidendreae
subtribus = Pleurothallidinae
genus = "Echinosepala"
genus_authority = Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, 2002
type_species = "Echinosepala aspasicensis"
type_species_authority = (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, 2002
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Echinosepala aspasicensis"
*"Echinosepala sempergemmata"
*"Echinosepala stonei"
*"Echinosepala uncinata"
*etc.

"Echinosepala" is a proposed genus of orchids comprised of the subgenera "Silenia" and "Satyria" of the genus "Myoxanthus". There is little reason to resist this change, thus "Echinosepala" is widely accepted. The genus contains 8 species.

The genus was formerly known as "Echinella" Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, but as this latter also refers to an algae genus, it has been changed to "Echinosepala".