Pleurothallis ianthina [E.M.Pessoa & F.Barros] in ed. SUBGENUS Madisonia
Photo by Lidyanne Aona © RBG Kew
TYPE Drawing of Specklinia ianthina by © E.M.Pessoa & F.Barros 2013 and Nordic J. Bot. 32: 131 Specklinia integripetala and S. ianthina spp. nov. (Orchidaceae– Pleurothallidinae) from northeastern Brazil E.M.Pessoa & F.Barros 2013
Common Name The Purplish Pleurothallis [refers to the flowers color]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Bahia state of Brazil in submontane deciduous seasonal fores at elevations around 617 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing, repent epiphyte with .36 to .6" [9 to 15 mm] between each short ramicaul concealed by 1, white to pale yellow, membraneous, close-?tting, acuminate, striate, entire sheath and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous to ?eshy, elliptic to lanceolate, pale green on the adaxial face, purplish on the abaxial face, glabrous, tridenticulate to acute apically, entire, attenuate to rounded at base leaf that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, peduncle .84 to 1.24" [2.1 to 3.1 mm] long, ?liform, bearing 1 to 2 close-?tting, membranous, acute, entire sheaths, loose, rachis .32 to .92" [8 to 23 mm] long, ?liform, successively single, to 4 flowered inflorescence with amplexical, membranous, acuminate, entire, shorter than the pedicel ?oral bracts and carrying rather small flowers that do not open well.
"Morphologically related to P. spiculifera, but di?ers by wider leaves, lateral sepals completely connate, lanceolate petals and oblong mid-lobe of the lip with a rounded apex." E. M.Pessoa & F.Barros 2013
Synonyms Madisonia ianthina (E.M.Pessoa & F.Barros) Toscano & E.C.Smidt 2021; *Specklinia ianthina E.M.Pessoa & F.Barros 2013
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Nordic J. Bot. 32: 131 Specklinia integripetala and S. ianthina spp. nov. (Orchidaceae– Pleurothallidinae) from northeastern Brazil E.M.Pessoa & F.Barros 2013 as Specklinia ianthina Drawing/photo fide;
Phytotaxa 505: 81 Toscano & E C Schmidt 2021 as Madisonia ianthina;
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