Pleurothallis rodriguesii Cogn. 1896 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986

Drawing by © Barbosa Rodrigues and The Plant Illustration Website

Common Name Rodrigues' Pleurothallis [Brazilian Botanist later 1800's early 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in southeastern and southern Brazil as a mini-miniature sized, caespitose epipyte with erect, as long as the leaf ramicaul carring a single, apical, ascending, elliptic, bidentate apically, cuneare base leaf that blooms on an erect, arising through a spathe, simultaneously few flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Acianthera rodriguesii (Cogn.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:538 Martius, Cogniaux 1893 ;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:538 Martius, Cogniaux 1893 Drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing good;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;

Lindleyana 16(4): 246. (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001 as Acianthera rodriguesii

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