Habenaria brevidens Lindl. 1835 SECTION Guilleminii
Photos by © João A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 São Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008
Drawing of H loefgrenii by © Cogniaux
EARLY 
Common Name The Short ? Habenaria
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Goias, DF, Minas Gerais, and Sao Paulo states of Brazil in grasslands as a miniature to small sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by small, oblong-ellipsoid, obtuse to acute, somewhat concave, basally claspng leaves that blooms in the summer and early fall on a terminal, erect, 2 to 3.6" [5 to 9 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, long-acuminate, as long as the flowers floral bract.
Synonyms Habenaria aestivalis Barb.Rodr. 1882; Habenaria loefgrenii Cogn. 1906
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 314 Lindley 1835
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 258 Barb Rodr 1882 as H aestivalis
Fl. Bras. 3(6): 528 Cogniaux 1906 as H loefgrenii;
Fl. Bras. 3(6): 528 Cogniaux 1906 as H loefgrenii drawing fide
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H loefgrenii drawing ok;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing ok;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing good;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H loefgrenii drawing good;
Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria João A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 São Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 photo;
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