SUBGENUS Marsipanthes Luer 1986
SUBGENUS Marsipanthes SECTION Marsipanthes Luer 1986
A monotypic section that is characterized by a successively flowered raceme of large, inflated, flowers borne beyond the leaf by a slender, arching peduncle, The petals are erect and elongated and the lip is bilobed" Luer 1996
TYPE species for the SECTION
SUBGENUS Marsipanthes SECTION Caprimulginae Luer 1986
"A monotypic section characterized by a successively flowered raceme of large inflated flowers borne beyond the leaf by a slender, arching peduncle. The petals are thick, short and transversely ovate. The lip is minute and broadly bilobed-ovate beneath the column." Luer 1996
SECTION TYPE
Lepanthes caprimulgus Luer 1976 Ecuador, Peru
SUBGENUS Marsipanthes SECTION Felinae Luer 1986
Characterized by the successivley flowered raceme of showy flowers borne on top of the leaf near or beyond the apex of the leaf. The petals are erect, thick, fleshy and sometimes forked. The lip is bilobed with the lobes surrounding the column as often seen in the SUBGENUS Lepanthes." Luer 1996 SECTION TYPE
Lepanthes felis Luer & R. Escobar 1983
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