SUBGENUS Crocodeilanthe [Rchb.f & Warsc.]Luer 1986

Characterized by the one to many racemose inflorecence arise laterally through a usually conspicuous, foliaceous spathe in association with an distinct annulus. The often pubescent within, connate to semiconnate lateral sepals and the membraneous, short, entire, obtuse to rounded petalssurround the lip which can be 1 two to three lobed and often has a pair of calli somewhere near the middleor on a transverse bar, but sometimes this feature is obscure. The column is short with an exposed apical to subapical anther and stigma. The thick shortbase of the column is more or less bulbous amd articulates with the cavity at the base of the lip similar to the "Ball & Socket" articulation in the genus Barbosella. This feature occasionally has the joint more or less adnate and immobile and it can be merely bradly hinged to the column foot.

1. Pleurothallis aligera Luer & R.Vásquez 1997 publ. 1998 Bolivia

2. Pleurothallis aloisii Schltr. 1921 Ecuador

3. Pleurothallis apposita Luer 1998 Ecuador

4. Pleurothallis atwoodii Luer 1996 Costa Rica

5. Pleurothallis avirostris Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

6. Pleurothallis batillacea Luer 1976 Colombia and Ecuador

7. Pleurothallis bucaramangae Luer & R.Escobar 1996 Colombia

8. Pleurothallis cassidis Lindl. 1845 Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

9. Pleurothallis cauliflora Lindl. 1837 Ecuador

10. Pleurothallis choerorhyncha Luer 1996 Colombia

11. Pleurothallis cosangae Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

12. Pleurothallis croatii Luer 1998 Panama

13. Pleurothallis cuatrecasasii Luer 1996 Colombia

14. Pleurothallis cyathiflora C.Schweinf. 1951 Peru and Bolivia

15. Pleurothallis damianii [Karremans] in ed. Peru

16. Pleurothallis deuterodewildei [J.M.H.Shaw] in ed Bolivia

17. Pleurothallis deuterovasquezii [Luer] in ed. Bolivia

18. Pleurothallis domingensis Cogn. 1909 Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Leewards and Jamaica

19. Pleurothallis erectiflora Luer & Hirtz 2004 Ecuador

20. Pleurothallis expansa Lindl. 1859 Colombia and Ecuador

21. Pleurothallis floribunda Poepp. & Endl. 1836 Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela

22. Pleurothallis fonsflorum Lindl. 1859 Ecuador

23. Pleurothallis galeata Lindl. 1845 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia?

24. Pleurothallis galerasensis Luer 1998 Colombia

25. Pleurothallis gigas Luer & R.Escobar 1996 Colombia

26. Pleurothallis infundibulosa Luer 1996 Colombia

27. Pleurothallis jamiesonii Lindl. 1835 Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

28. Pleurothallis jurisdixii Luer & R.Escobar 1996 Colombia

29. Pleurothallis laevigata Lindl. 1845 Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

30. Pleurothallis laevis Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

31. Pleurothallis laminata Luer 1998 Ecuador

32. Pleurothallis lehmanniana Schltr. 1920 Colombia and Ecuador

33. Pleurothallis ligulata Lindl. 1859 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia

34. Pleurothallis mandonii Rchb.f. 1878 Ecuador and Bolivia

35. Pleurothallis maxima Luer 1976 Ecuador and Colombia

36. Pleurothallis mendietae [Luer, Thoerle & F.Werner] in ed. Ecuador

37. Pleurothallis molleturoi Luer & Dodson 1998 Ecuador

38. Pleurothallis moritzii Rchb.f. 1850 Guyana, Venezuela and Ecuador

39. Pleurothallis neocochabambae [J.M.H.Shaw] in ed. Bolivia

40. Pleurothallis neodukei [E.M.Pessoa & M.Alves] In ed. Brazil

41. Pleurothalilis neospeciosa [E.M.Pessoa & M.Alves] in ed. Ecuador

42. Pleurothallis nivalis Luer 1976 Ecuador

43. Pleurothallis orectopus Luer 1977 Ecuador

44. Pleurothallis pachypus (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Garay 1956 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia

45. Pleurothallis patateensis Luer 1998 Ecuador

46. Pleurothallis pellucida Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

47. Pleurothallis pennelliana Luer 1998 Colombia

48. Pleurothallis pilifera Lindl. 1859 Ecuador

49. Pleurothallis popayanensis F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899 Colombia

50. Pleurothallis possoae Luer 2000 Colombia

51. Pleurothallis praealta Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

52. Pleurothallis pristis F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899 Colombia

53. Pleurothallis prolificans Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

54. Pleurothallis pulchella (Kunth) Lindl. 1830 Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru

55. Pleurothallis retusiloba C.Schweinf. 1951 Cusco Peru

56. Pleurothallis rhodotantha Rchb.f. 1850 Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia

57. Pleurothallis rictoria Rchb.f. 1876 Colombia

58. Pleurothallis roseopunctata Lindl. 1846 Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador

59. Pleurothallis rostriformis [Zambrano & Solano] in ed. Ecuador

60. Pleurothallis salpingantha Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

61. Pleurothallis scansor Luer 1981 Colombia Ecuador

62. Pleurothallis simplex Ames & C.Schweinf. 1930 Costa Rica

63. Pleurothallis simplicilabia C.Schweinf. 1943 Venezuela

64. Pleurothallis siphonantha Luer 1998 Peru

65. Pleurothallis spathosa Luer & R.Escobar 1996 Colombia

66. Pleurothallis stelidiopsis Luer 1981 Ecuador

67. Pleurothallis suinii (Luer) comb. novo. Pfahl 2013 Ecuador

68. Pleurothallis taxis Luer 1979 Ecuador

69. Pleurothallis tepuiensis Carnevali & I.Ramírez 1993 Venezuela

70. Pleurothallis tunguraguae F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia

71. Pleurothallis uvaegelata [Matthews 2018] in ed. Panama

72. Pleurothallis vargasii C.Schweinf. 1942 Peru & Bolivia

73. Pleurothallis vegrandis Luer & Dodson 1998 Ecuador

74. Pleurothallis velaticaulis Rchb.f. 1850 Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru

75. Pleurothallis velatipes Rchb.f. 1850 Venezuela

76. Pleurothallis verbiformis Luer 1978 Ecuador and Peru

77. Pleurothallis virgata Luer 1998 Peru

78. Pleurothallis weddelliana Rchb.f. 1878 Bolivia

79. Pleurothallis xiphizusa (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Rchb.f. 1861 Ecuador and Peru

80. Pleurothallis zunagensis Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador