Pleurothallis manausensis [Krahl , Valsko & Chiron] in ed SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscosae Lindl. 1842
Photo by © Valsko and Anathallis manausensis (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae), a new species from the Brazilian Amazon Website
TYPE Darwing by © A H Krahl and Anathallis manausensis (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae), a new species from the Brazilian Amazon Website
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Common Name The Manaus Pleurothallis [A Brazilian City on the Amazon River]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Amazonas state of Brazil as a mini-miniature sized hot growing, caespitose epiphyte with erect, short ramicauls enveloped by 1 tubular sheath and carrying an erect, coriaceous, elliptical, acute, attenuate below into the base leaf that blooms in the late summer and early fall on 1 to 3, arising from below the apex of the ramicaul, .24" [6 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence with tubular, glabrous, acute, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
"It is similar to P corticicola, a species with much larger flowers. However its closest relatives are probably P amazonica a species from the Brazilian Amazon, and P microphyta, a species from southeastern and northeastern Brazil. It differs from P microphyta by its ramicauls twice shorter, its acute leaves that are not tridentate at the apex, its 1-flowered (versus few-flowered) inflorescence, its distinctly smaller flowers (sepals .12" [3 mm] long versus ca..16" [4 mm] long), its lateral sepals connate only at base (versus at least on the basal third), acute (versus somewhat acuminate),its apically rounded petals (versus very acute to acuminate) as long as the sepals (versus distinctly shorter), its oblong labellum (versus somewhat 3-lobed), which is flat (versus with lateral margins curved upwards). It can be distinguished from P amazonica by its caespitose habit (versus subrepent), its wider leaves (ratio length/width ~ 3 versus 4–6), its 1-flowered (versus few-flowered) and much longer inflorescence, its campanulate flowers (versus patent sepals), its acute lateral sepals (versus acuminate), its sessile labellum (versus unguiculate) and its very different column: column-foot absent (versus conspicuously present), clinandrium margin slightly crenate but not dentate (versus 5-dentate). Moreover, the flower colour is very different (cream versus reddish maroon)." Krahl , Valsko & Chiron 2016
Synonyms *Anathallis manausensis Krahl , Valsko & Chiron 2016
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Phytotaxa 245[3]3 Krahl , Valsko & Chiron 2016 as Anathallis manauensis Drawing/photo fide;
Harv. Pap. Bot. 16(2): 365-3675 . Luer & Toscano 2011 as Anathallis manausensis drawing fide
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