Scaphosepalum (from either Greek "boatlike sepals") is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. A mintage therearound genus come mostly noticed in Central and South America. Around accordance by owning their genus title, numbers of mintage in that genus create unusual & distinctive flowers; a few possessing cushion-rather characteristics remindful of an African buffalo's horns, others possessing characteristics of snake fangs.

Mintage therein genus come ephiphytic in their growth habit & based on data from a Royal Horticultural Society Sppm. is the genus' official abbreviation.

Species
Scaphosepalum anchoriferum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Costa Rica; Panama) Scaphosepalum andreettae Luer 1985 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum antenniferum Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador; Bolivia; Colombia; Peru) Scaphosepalum beluosum Luer 1979 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum bicolored Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Scaphosepalum bicristatum Luer 2002 (Colombia) Scaphosepalum breve (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Bolivia; Ecuador) Scaphosepalum cimex Luer & Hirtz 1988 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum clavellatum Luer 1976 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum cloesii Luer 1998 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum dalstroemii Luer 1984 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum decorousness Luer & R. Escobar 1982 Scaphosepalum delhierroi Luer & Hirtz 1991 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum digitale Luer & Hirtz 1991 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum dodsonii Luer 1983 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum fimbriatum Luer & Hirtz 1988 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum gibberosum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 Scaphosepalum globosum Luer & Hirtz 1998 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum grande Kraenzl. 1922 (Colombia) Scaphosepalum hirtzii Luer 1980 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum jostii Luer 1998 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum capital of peru (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920 (Colombia) Scaphosepalum macrodactylum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum manningii Luer 1998 (Venezuela) Scaphosepalum martineae Luer 1998 (Peru) Scaphosepalum medinae Luer & J.J. Portilla 2000 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum merinoi Luer 2002 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum microdactylum Rolfe 1893 (Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Mexico; Nicaragua; Ecuador) Scaphosepalum odontochilum Kraenzl. 1925 (Colombia; Ecuador) Scaphosepalum ophidion Luer 1981 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum ovulare Luer 1976 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum panduratum Luer & R. Escobar 1997 (Colombia) Scaphosepalum parviflorum Luer & Hirtz 1992 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum pleurothallodes Luer & Hirtz 1992 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum portillae Luer 2002 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum pulvinare (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum rapax Luer 1976 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum swertiifolium (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador; Colombia) Scaphosepalum swertiifolium subsp. exiguum Luer & R. Escobar (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum swertiifolium subsp. swertiifolium Scaphosepalum tiaratum Luer 1981 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum triceratops Luer & Andreetta 1988 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum ursinum Luer 1979 (Ecuador) Scaphosepalum verrucosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1888 (Ecuador; Venezuela) : type species Scaphosepalum viviparum Luer 1978 Scaphosepalum xystra Luer 1988

Reference
[http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Missouri Botanical Garden w³ TROPICOS] [http://www.kew.org/monocotChecklist/ The World Checklist of Monocotyledons]