Pleurothallis quadridentata (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1896 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Mentosae Luer 1986

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Common Name The Four Toothed Pleurothallis [refers to the column]

Flower Size .16" [.4 cm]

Found in Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo and Parana' states of Brazil in deep shade in scrub around swamps and in primary cloud forests at elevations of 900 to 1300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with clustered ramicauls envelopedby 3, trumpet shaped, shortly stiffly hairy, recurved magined sheaths carrying a medium-green, faintly conduplicate, elliptic to lanceolate, psuedo-petiolate base leaf that blooms in the late spring on a thin, 2 to 2.4" [5 to 6 cm] long, successively to 2 at once, to 15 flowered inflorescence with alternate flowers

Synonyms Lepanthes bicolor Barb.Rodr. 1881; *Lepanthes quadridentata Barb.Rodr. 1881; Pabstiella bicolor (Barb.Rodr.) Luer & Toscano 2011; Pabstiella quadridentata (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 2007; Pleurothallis bicolor (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1896; Pleurothallis edwallii var. pallida Hoehne & Schltr. 1926; Pleurothallis mouraei Cogn. 1896; Pleurothallis mouraei var. brevifolia Cogn. 1896; Pleurothallis palmeirensis Pabst 1956; Specklinia quadridentata (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 2004; Trichosalpinx bicolor (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 1983; Trichosalpinx quadridentata (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 49 Barb Rodr. 1881 as Lepanthes bicolor;

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 50 Barb Rodr. 1881 as Lepanthes quadridentata

* Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:324 Martius, Cogniaux 1893

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab 94 Martius, Cogniaux 1893 Drawing fide;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol 3(4): 408 Cogniaux 1896 as P bicolor nom. illeg.

Flora Brasiliensis Vol 3(4): tab86 Cogniaux 1896 as P bicolor nom. illeg. drawing fide;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol 3(4): 580 Cogniaux 1896 as P mourae;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol 3(4): 581 Cogniaux 1896 as P mourae var brevifolia;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol 3(4): tab 121 Cogniaux 1896 as P mourae var brevifolia drawing fide;

Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 213 Hoehne & Schlechter 1926 as P edwallii var pallida;

Iconographia de Orchidaeceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as P mouraei drawing good;

Rodriguésia 18-19: 30 Pabst 1956 as P palmeirensis;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

Phytologia 54: 395 Luer 1983 as Trichosalpinx bicolor

Phytologia 54: 397 Luer 1983 as Trichosalpinx quadridentata;

Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 drawing ok;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XVI Luer 1997;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera and Three Allied subgenera, A Second Century of new Species of Stelis of Ecuador, Epibator, Ophidion and Zootrophion Luer 2004 as Specklinia quadridentata;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX A Third Century of Stelis of Ecuador Systematics of Apoda-Prorepentia Luer 2007 as Pabstiella quadridentata;

The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 as P edwalii var pallida drawing hmm;

The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide;

Harv. Pap. Bot. 16(2): 381. Luer & Toscano 2011 as Pabstiella bicolor

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