Pleurothallis pavimentata Rchb.f. 1876 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986

Drawing by © Pabst

Full shade

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 ;

* Linnaea 41: 48 Rchb.f 1876

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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