Epidendrum schunkei D.E.Benn. & Christenson, Lindleyana 13(1): 48-49. 1998.
TYPE: Peru. Tumbes, Zarumilla, EI Caucho, leg. J. Schunke V., May 1977, flowered in cultivation April 1970, Bennett 3154 (holotype, AMES; isotype, UC; illustration of type).
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