Pleurothallis pavimentata Rchb.f. 1876 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986
Drawing by © Pabst
Common Name The Mosaic-Like Spotted Pleurothallis [refers tothe warts along the apex of the sepals
Flower Size
Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil as an epiphyte with terete, as long as the leaf ramicauls carrying a thick, fleshy, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, bidenticulate apical leaf that blooms on a distichous, incurved, much shorter than the leaf raceme provided with brownish, triangular, hispid, ciliate bracts.
Synonyms Acianthera pavimentata (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:443 Martius, Cogniaux 1893;
Icones Pleurothallidianrum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;
Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Lindleyana 16(4): 245. (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001 as Acianthera pavimentata
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