Pleurothallis linearifolia Cogn. 1896 SUBGENUS Acuminatia SECTION Acuminatae Luer 1986
Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt plant grown by Marni Turkel
Photo by Luiz Filipe Varella and his Flicker Website
Drawing by Helmut Seehauer
TYPE Drawing by Alfredus Cogniaux
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Common Name The Equal Width Leaf Pleurothallis
Found in Brazil and northern Argentina in humid rainforests at elevations of 900 to 1400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with an erect ramicaul enveloped by 3 brown sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, fleshy linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, faintly conduplicate, infolded and finely attenuate into the base leaf that blooms in the earlier spring on an erect, peduncle .32 to 2.8" [8 to 70 mm] long, rachis .2 to 3.6" [5 to 90 mm] long, simultaneously 3 to 12 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Anathallis convallium (Kraenzl.) Karremans & Mel.Fernández 2018; Anathallis linearifolia (Cogn.) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001; Anathallis margaritifera (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Anathallis rigidula (Cogn.) Luer 2008; Pleurothallis bupleurifolia Porsch 1905; Pleurothallis convallium Kraenzl. 1921; Pleurothallis glossochila Kraenzl. 1921; Pleurothallis margaritifera Schltr. 1918; Pleurothallis rigidula Cogn. 1896; Specklinia bupleurifolia (Porsch) Luer 2004; Specklinia eugenii (Pabst) Luer 2004; Specklinia linearifolia (Cogn.) Luer 2004; Specklinia rigidula (Cogn.) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Flora Brasiiensis Orchidaceae 1 Martius/Cogniaux Vol 3 Part 4; 573 1896
Flora Brasiiensis Orchidaceae 1 Martius/Cogniaux Vol 3 Part 4; tab 120 1896 drawing fide;
Flora Brasiiensis Orchidaceae 1 Martius/Cogniaux Vol 3 Part 4; 574 1896 as P depauperata;
Flora Brasiiensis Orchidaceae 1 Martius/Cogniaux Vol 3 Part 4; tab 120 1896 as P depauperata drawing fide;
Flora Brasiiensis Orchidaceae 1 Martius/Cogniaux Vol 3 Part 4; 572 1896 as P rigidula;
Flora Brasiiensis Orchidaceae 1 Martius/Cogniaux Vol 3 Part 4; tab 120 1896 as P rigidula drawing fide;
Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 24: 33 R C J Gerard 1900 as P convergens;
Oesterr. Bot. Z. 55: 159 Porsch 1905 as P bupleurifolia;
Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 272 Schlechter 1918 as P margaritifera;
Ark. Bot. 16(8): 12 Kraenzl. 1921 as P convallium;
Ark. Bot. 16(8): 14 Kraenzl. 1921 as P glossochila;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P eugenii drawing hmm;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P convallium drawing hmm;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P glossochila drawing hmm;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing hmm;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P margaritifera drawing hmm;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P rigidula drawing hmm;
AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 4 1984 photo fide;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986 as Pleurothallis margaritifera;
Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide;
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:249 Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001 as Anathallis linearifolia;
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:249 Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001 as Anathallis margaritifera;
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 bupleurifolia;
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 eugenii;
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 linearifolia;
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 rigidula;
100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 photo ok closer to the second photo;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 as P eugenii drawing ok;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide;
The Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 as Specklinia furcatipetala photo fide;
Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 as Anathallis linearifolia photo ok;
AOS Bulletin Vol 82 #12 2013 photo fide;
Orchidees du Bresil As Orquideas da Serra do Castello Vol 2 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Anathallis crebifolia drawing/photo fide;
Phytotaxa 340: 130 Karremans and Mel. Fernandez 2018 as Anathallis convallium;
Rodriguésia 70: e02722017 Anathallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil Santos, Toscano and Smidt 2019 as Anathallis linearifolia drawing/photo fide;
Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Anathallis linearifolia photo fide
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