Pleurothallis bidentula Barb.Rodr. 1881 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859
Photo A by A. Toscano de Brito, Photo B by Wade Collier
TYPE Drawing by Barbosa Rodrigues
Drawing by Carl Luer
Common Name The Two Toothed Pleurothallis
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais states of Brazil at elevations around 600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing, repent epiphyte with .4" [1 cm] between each ramicaul carrying a single apical leaf that blooms in the winter and summer on an erect, single flowered inflorescence
Often cited as a synonym of P saundersiana
Synonyms Acianthera bidentula (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Acianthera velteniana Chiron & Xim.Bols. 2013; Pleurothallis vinosa Hoehne & Schltr.1926
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 20 Barb Rodr. 1881;
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:469 Martius, Cogniaux 1896
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab93 Martius, Cogniaux 1896 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:242 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Acianthera bidentula;
LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 87/90 NEW SPECIES AND NOMENCLATURAL NOTES IN ACIANTHERA FROM BRAZIL Toscano & Brito 2015 as Acianthera bidentula photo/drawing fide;
Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera bidentula photo fide
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