Pleurothallis ruschii Hoehne 1939 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Effusae Lindl. 1842
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Common Name Rusch's Pleurothallis
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Espirito Santo state of Brazil as an epiphyte with erect ramicauls carrying a single apical, erect, elliptical, tridentate apically, narrowing below into the base leaf that blooms on n erect to ascending, 3 times or more longer than the leaf, single flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Pabstiella ruschii (Hoehne) Luer 2007; Specklinia ruschii (Hoehne) Luer 2004; Trichosalpinx ruschii (Hoehne) Luer 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1: 44 Hoehne 1939;
Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Phytologia 54: 397 Luer 1983 as Trichosalpinx ruschii;
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 ruschii;
Icones Pleurothallidianrum Vol XXIX A Third Century of Steli of Ecuador Luer 2007 as Pabstiella ruschii
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