Pleurothallis caparaoensis Brade 1943 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986

Drawing by © Pabst

Common Name The Caparao Pleurothallis [An Area of Minas Gerais]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil as an epiphyte.

Synonyms Acianthera caparaoensis (Brade) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Specklinia caparaoensis (Brade) Luer 2004

ReferencesW3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 6: 10 Brade 1943

Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

Icones Pleurothallidonarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;

Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:257 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Specklinia caparoensis;

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 caparoensis;

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