SUBGENUS Trichosalpinx
Characterized by the caespitose habit without prolific ramicauls, racemes shorter than the leaf [except for T pringlei; sepals more or less fleshy with the laterals variously connate or at least parellel, sometimes recurving, sometimes forming a concave synsepal, petals ciliate or fringed [except T egleri] and an oblong, often ciliated lip with a central callus and usually with basal lobules. These lips are similar to SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscosae Lindl. 1842. The stout column is toothed at the apex that partially covers the vebbtral anther. The column foot is stout. Except for lacking ciliate sheths, some Brazilian species, such as Pleurothallis microgemma are practically inseparable.
TYPE species for the SECTION
!Trichosalpinx ciliaris (Lindl.) Luer 1983
- Trichosalpinx acestrochila Luer 2002 Colombia
- Trichosalpinx berlineri (Luer) Luer 1983 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
- Trichosalpinx blaisdellii (S. Watson) Luer 1983 Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, western Colombia and Ecuador
- Trichosalpinx carinatus Rykacz., Szlach. & Kolan. 2018 Colombia
- Trichosalpinx caudata Luer & R.Escobar 1997 Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia
- !Trichosalpinx ciliaris (Lindl.) Luer 1983 Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad
- Trichosalpinx dentialae D.E.Benn. & Christenson 2001 Peru
- Trichosalpinx dependens [Luer]Luer 1983 French Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador Peru and Bolivia
- Trichosalpinx echinata Luer & Hirtz 2009
- Trichosalpinx egleri (Pabst) Luer 1983 northern Brazil, Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela and Bolivia
- Trichosalpinx glabra D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1994 Peru
- Trichosalpinx inquisiviensis (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer 1983 Bolivia
- Trichosalpinx memor (Rchb. f.) Luer 1983 Cuba, the Windward Islands, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia
- Trichosalpinx minutipetala (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Luer 1983 Costa Rica, Panama
- Trichosalpinx navarrensis (Ames) Mora-Ret. & García Castro 1992 Costa Rica
- Trichosalpinx orbicularis (Lindl.) Luer 1983 Nicaragua , Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela
- Trichosalpinx pandurata D.E.Benn. & Christenson 2001 Peru
- Trichosalpinx patula Luer 1998 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
- Trichosalpinx pringlei (Schltr.) Luer 1983 Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador
- Trichosalpinx psilantha Luer 1997 Bolivia
- Trichosalpinx reflexa Mel.Fernández & Bogarín 2011
- Trichosalpinx ringens Luer 1996 Guatemala?, Costa Rica and western Panama
- Trichosalpinx rotundata (C.Schweinf.) Dressler 1997 Costa Rica and Panama
- Trichosalpinx sanctuarii Mel.Fernández & Bogarín 2013 Costa Rica
- Trichosalpinx sijmii Luer 2002 Peru
- Trichosalpinx trachystoma (Schltr.) Luer 1983 Guatemala and Costa Rica
- Trichosalpinx triangulipetala (Ames & Correll) Luer 1983 Guatemala and Honduras
- Trichosalpinx vasquezii Luer 1997 Bolivia
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