Pleurothallis mantiquyrana Barb.Rodr. 1881 SUBGENUS Pleurobotryum [Barb. Rod.] Luer 1986

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Inflorescence

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Common Name The Mantiquyra Pleurothallis [A mountain range in Brazil]

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina at elevations of 1700 to 1800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing, repent epiphyte with erect ramicauls carrying a single, terete, fleshy, linear leaf that blooms in the summer on an erect, 2" [5 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Acianthera rhabdosepala (Schltr.) Chiron & Van den Berg 2012; Acianthera mantiquyrana (Barb.Rodr.) V.T.Rodrigues & F.Barros 2015; Acianthera subulifolia (Kraenzl.) Chiron & Van den Berg 2012; Pleurobotryum mantiquyranum (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne 1936; Pleurobotryum rhabdosepalum (Schltr.) Hoehne 1936; Pleurobotryum subulifolia (Kraenzl.) Pabst 1975; Pleurobotryum subulifolium (Kraenzl.) Pabst 1975; Pleurothallis rhabdosepala Schltr. 1918; Pleurothallis subulifolia Kraenzl. 1908

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 14 Barb Rodr. 1881

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:428 Martius, Cogniaux 1893

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab 91 Martius, Cogniaux 1893 drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1976 as Pleurobotrium mantiquyrana drawing good;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1976 as Pleurobotrium rhabdosepalum drawing good;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1976 as Pleurobotrium subulifolium;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;

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

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

Richardiana 12: 72 Révision taxinomique du genre Acianthera (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) Chiron & Berg 2012 as Acianthera rhabdosepala;

Richardiana 12: 72 Révision taxinomique du genre Acianthera (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) Chiron & Berg 2012 as Acianthera mantiquyrana;

Richardiana 12: 72 Révision taxinomique du genre Acianthera (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) Chiron & Berg 2012 as Acianthera subulifolia;

Orchids of Bolivia Vasquez & Ibisch 2000 as P rhabdosepalum drawing fide;

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

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