Pleurothallis exigua Cogn. 1896 SUBGENUS Acuminatia SECTION Acuminatae Luer 1986
TYPE Drawing by © Cogniaux
Common Name The Insignificant Pleurothallis
Flower Size
Found in Guyana and Minas Gerais and Rio de Janiero states of Brazil as a mini-miniature sizedcaespitose epiphyte with short ramicauls carrying a single, eretto erect-patent, small, membraneous, apical, erect, narrowly oblong-subspathulate, obtuse to subrounded apically, tridentate, narrowing intothe petioalte base leaf that blooms in the summer and fall on an ascending, shorter than the leafterete, .5 to 2 cm] long, fractiflex, successively single flowered inflorescence. .
Synonyms Anathallis pusilla (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros 2003; Lepanthes pusilla Barb.Rodr. 1881
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:575 Martius, Cogniaux 1893
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab 104Martius, Cogniaux 1893drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
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