Pleurothallis alata A.Rich. & Gal. 1845 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscariae Luer 1986 TYPE for the SECTION
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Drawing of Muscarella marginata
Drawing © by Carl Luer
Common Name The Winged Pleurothallis
Flower Size 1/4" [7 mm]
Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica at elevations around 180 to 1380 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with a very short ramicaul carrying a single, apical, fleahy, narrowly triangular in cross-section, obtuse apically, gradually narrows below into the conduplicate, elongate petiolate base leaf and and blooms in the fall on an erect, that is much longer than the leaf, fasciculcate, successively single flowered, 1.8" [4.5 cm] long, filiform inflorescence with shorter than the pedicel floral bracts.
"Characterized by the very small, narrow leaves and a fascile of slender pedicels borne above the leaves by a slender peduncle. The sepals are mottled with purple, sparsely spiculate and with tails of variable length. Short tails are relatively thick, long tails about as long as the blade are slender. The petals are small and irregularily shortly lacerate. The lip is dark purple and oblong and convex with the sides revolute, sometimes meeting beneath to create a tube. The margins are minutely denticulate or lacerate. Erect marginal laboes are present on the lower third with a pair of calli." Luer 2006
Synonyms Andreettaea marginata (Rich.) A.Doucette First published in Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 8(1): 6 (2022; Epidendrum marginatum Rich. 1792; Muscarella marginata (Rich.) Luer 2006; Pleurothallis liebmanniana Kraenzl. 1920; Pleurothallis marginata (Rich.) Cogn 1896; Pleurothallis scopula Schlechter 1910; Pleurothallis spectrilinguis Rchb.f. 1882; Restrepia liebmanniana Kranzl. 1920; Specklinia alata (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Solano & Soto Arenas 2002 publ. 2003; Specklinia spectrilinguis (Rchb.f.) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 112 Rich 1792 as Epidendrum marginatum;
* Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 17 A Rich & Galeotti 1845;
*Fol. Orchid. 9: 29 Lindley 1859;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 18: 457 Rchb.f. 1882 as P spectrelinguis;
Fl. Bras.s 3(4): 478-479. (Rich.) Cogn. 1896 as P marginata nom. illeg. hom.;
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as P hastata drawing fide;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 28 Schlechter 1910 as P scopula;
Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 71: 170 Kraenzl. 1920 as Pleurothallis liebmanniana;
Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 71: 171 Kraenzl. 1920 as Restrepia liebmanniana;
Orchids of Guatemala and Belize Ames & Correll 1952 as P hastata drawing fide;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 1109 Dodson 1984 as P hastata drawing fide;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol III Luer 1986 as Pleurothallis hastata
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol III Luer 1986 as Pleurothallis hastata drawing fide;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol III Luer 1986 as Pleurothallis strumosa;
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Specklina hastata;
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Specklinia strumosa;
Icones Orchidacearum Vol 5-6:x Hagsater 2002 publ. 2003 as Specklinia alata;
Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Vol 3 Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003 as P spectrilinguis;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera and Three Allied subgenera, A Second Century of new Species of Stelis of Ecuador, Epibator, Ophidion and Zootrophion Luer 2004 as Specklinia spectrilinguis;
Orchids of Mexico Hagsater, Soto, Salazar, Jimenez Lopez & Dressler 2005 as Specklinia alata;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Madevallia Systematis of Specklnia Luer 2006 as Muscarella marginata;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Madevallia Systematis of Specklnia Luer 2006 as Muscarella marginata drawing fide except for hairs on lip apex;
AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #9 2011 photo fide; Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018 azs Verapazia marginata;
Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Muscarella marginata photo fide;
Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 8(1):6 Doucette 2022 as Andreettaea marginata
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