Pleurothallis papillosa Lindl. 1835 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986

Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista

Drawing

Drawing by © Pabst

Common Name or Meaning The Small Wart Pleurothallis

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil as a repent epiphyte with ascending ramicauls carrying a single, apical, minute, narrowly oblong, subplanate, rigid, obtuse aqnd minutely tridenticulat apically, sessile base leaf that that blooms in the fall on fascile of 1 to 4, short, successively 1 to 2, few flowered inflorescence

Part of the P miqueliana alliance Pabst which includes,

Part of the P miqueliana alliance Pabst which includes, P gouveiae, P macucoensis, P miqueliana, P nemorosa, P papillosa and P ramosa

Synonyms Acianthera papillosa (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Humboldtia papillosa (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1797 Lindley 1835;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:448 Martius, Cogniaux 1893;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Pabst & Dungs Band 1 1975 drawing ok;

Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 drawing not = P granitica?;

Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing not = P granitica?;

Icones Pleurothallidianrum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;

AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 7 1993 photo ?;

Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:245 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase2001 as Acianthera papillosa;

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

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