A plural or variant form referring to multiple instances of the epichil or epichile; relating to upper lip structures in botanical anatomy.
From Greek epi- (upon) + cheilos (lip), with the -ia ending forming a noun. Related to epichil and epichile; represents a variation in botanical Latin terminology.
Botanical Latin had multiple ways to describe the same plant parts, which can confuse modern botanists—epichilia, epichile, and epichil might all appear in old orchid research papers describing the exact same structure.
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