SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Hymenodanthae SUBSECTION Apodae-Caespitosae [Lindl.]Luer 1986

Characterized by the succesively flowered, congested inflorescence arising from the apex of the filiform peduncle, The lateral sepals are semiconnate to connate and the petals are often dilated along the lower margin. The fleshy to thick lip is often verrucose with more or less erect lateral margins or lobes below the middle that are often continuous with calli from the disc, similar to Subgenus Acianthera.

TYPE for the SECTION

! Pleurothallis areldii Luer 1978

  1. Pleurothallis acanthodes Luer 1975 Ecuador and Bolivia

  2. Pleurothallis acicularis Ames & C.Schweinf. 1930 Guatemala and Costa Rica

  3. Pleurothallis acoana [Bogarin} in ed. Costa Rica

  4. Pleurothallis acrisepala Ames & C.Schweinf. 1925 Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador

  5. Pleurothallis alabidentata [Sambin & Aucourd] in ed.French Guiana

  6. Pleurothallis alajuelensis [Karremans & Pupulin] in ed. Costa Rica

  7. Pleurothallis alexii A.H.Heller 1966 Nicaragua

  8. ! Pleurothallis areldii Luer 1978 Panama, Colombia

  9. Pleurothallis barbae Schltr.1923 Costa Rica & Panama

  10. Pleurothallis berolinensis [Bogarin} in. ed. Costa Rica

  11. Pleurothallis brachiloba Hoehne 1929 Sao Paulo Brazil

  12. Pleurothallis brighamella Luer 1999 Panama

  13. Pleurothallis brighamii S. Watson 1888 Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador

  14. Pleurothallis calderae Luer 2001 Colombia

  15. Pleurothallis caraguatatubensis [M.R.Miranda, F.J.de Jesus & Chiron] in ed. Brazil

  16. Pleurothallis chontalensis A.H.Heller & A.D.Hawkes 1966 Costa Rica and Nicaragua

  17. Pleurothallis conceicionensis [Chiron & N.Sanson] in ed. Brazil

  18. Pleurothallis condylata Luer 1976 Costa Rica and Panama

  19. Pleurothallis corniculata [Sw.] Lindl. 1842 Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba and Jamaica

  20. Pleurothallis coronula Luer 1999 Colombia

  21. Pleurothallis cycesis Luer & R.Escobar 1996 Colombia

  22. Pleurothallis deltoglossa Cogn. 1906 publ. 1907 Brazil

  23. Pleurothallis displosa Luer 1999 Panama

  24. Pleurothallis exilis C.Schweinf. 1951 Venezuela

  25. Pleurothallis gersonii [Bogarín & Karremans] in ed. Costa Rica

  26. Pleurothallis glandulosa Ames 1923 Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana and Venezuela

  27. Pleurothallis guttulata Cogn. 1896 Brazil

  28. Pleurothallis leptantha Schltr. 1920 Colombia

  29. Pleurothallis piratiningana Hoehne 1937 Brazil

  30. Pleurothallis prostrata Lindl. 1858 Cuba

  31. Pleurothallis psichion Luer 1996 Costa Rica

  32. Pleurothallis purpurella Luer 1999 Colombia

  33. Pleurothallis pyrsodes Rchb. f. 1876 Costa Rica

  34. Pleurothallis scolopax Luer & R.Escobar 1981 Colombia

  35. Pleurothallis simmleriana Rendle 1900 Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia

  36. Pleurothallis striata H.Focke 1851 Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Fr Guiana, Surinam and Ecuador

  37. Pleurothallis tirimbina Karremans, Salguero & M.Cedeño 2020

  38. Pleurothallis trichyphis Rchb.f. 1865 Cuba

  39. Pleurothallis uniflora Lindl. 1836 French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela and Northern Brazil

  40. Pleurothallis vierlingii [Baumbach] in ed. Costa Rica

  41. Pleurothallis vittariifolia Schltr. 1923 Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama

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