Pleurothallis lojae Schltr. 1921 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986

Photo by Daniel Jimenez

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Drawings by Carl Luer

Common Name or Meaning The Loja Pleurothallis [A Province of Ecuador]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia at elevations around 1300 to 1800 meters as a small sized, cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with erect to suberect, triquetrous, ramicauls enveloped below by 2 sheaths and carrying a single, narrowly oblong, obtusely acute, round below fleshy leaf that blooms in the spring on 1 to 2, arising through a compressed, subacuminate spathe, 1" [2.5 cm] long, sub-densely 5 to 7 flowered inflorescence with oblong, acute, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

"The leaf is acute, varying from ovate to elliptical, the ramicauls are slightly compressed towards the apex. The short, congested raceme lies atop of the leaf, The inner surfaces of the sepals are more or less minutely verrucose. The petals are minutely denticulate. The lip is oblong-ovate with an obtuse, minutely denticulate to nearly smooth apex, a pair of verrucose call with a low broad callus between." Luer 2004

Synonyms Acianthera brunnescens (Schltr.) Karremans 2016; Acianthera citrophila (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Acianthera florosa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Acianthera lojae (Schltr.) Luer 2004; Pleurothallis brunnescens Schltr. 1923; Pleurothallis citrophila Luer 1977; Pleurothallis florosa Luer 1977

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 8: 60. 1921;

Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19: 183. Costa Rica Schlechter 1923 as P brunnescens;

Selbyana 3(3-4): 266-267, f. 234. Luer 1977 as P citrophila drawing fide; as P florosa

Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 229 Dodson 1980 as P florosa drawing fide;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986 as P citrophila;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986 as P florosa;

Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:244 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Acianthera citrophila

Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:243 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Acianthera florosa;

Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Vol 3 Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003;

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

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 drawing fide;

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 P citrophila drawing fide;

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 Acianthera lojae;

Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005 as Acianthera lojae photo fide;

Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera brunnescens photo fide;

Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 75(1)e069: 13 2018 A taxonomic synopsis of Acianthera (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) in Peru, including two new species Damian, Chiron and Mitidieri 2018 as Acianthera lojae;

Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera lojae photo fide;

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