Pleurothallis micrantha Barb.Rodr. 1881 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859
Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista
Drawing by ©, Cogniaux
Common Name The Small Pleurothallis
Flower Size
Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil at elevations around 600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing, repent epiphyte with a creeping rhizome giving rise to an erect to ascending, arcuate ramicual carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate, bidentate apically, rounded base leaf that blooms in the summer on an erect, short, 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Acianthera micrantha (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 200
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 21 Barb Rodr. 1881;
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:462 Martius, Cogniaux 1896
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:462 Martius, Cogniaux 1896 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing hmm;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:244 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Acianthera micrantha;
Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera micrantha photo fide
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