Pleurothallis crepiniana Cogn. 1896 Pleurothallis SUBGENUS Pleurobotryum [Barb. Rod.] Luer 1986 TYPE for the SUBGENUS
Photos by Egon Krogsgaard.
Photo by Americo Docha Neto.
Common Name The Shoe-Sole Pleurothallis
Flower Size 1/5" [.5 cm]
Found in Brazil as a miniature sized epiphyte with erect, stout ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, compressed, obovate, acute leaf that is cunaete below into the petiole and blooms on a several flowered 3/4" [2 cm] long inflorescence.
Synonyms Acianthera crepiniana (Cogn.) Chiron & Van den Berg 2012 ; Pleurobotryum crepinianum (Cogn.) Hoehne 1936
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986 drawing fide; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera crepiana photo fide
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