Pleurothallis phrynoglossa Luer & Hirtz 1998 SUBGENUS Kraenzlinella (Kuntze) Luer 1986
Photo by © Ron Parsons
TYPE Drawing by © Carl Luer
Photos courtesy of Christian Gegenbauer
Common Name The Toads Tongue Pleurothallis
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Azuay province of Ecuador without collection data as a mini-miniature sized epiphyte with stout, erect ramicauls enveloped by thin, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, erect, apical, thickly coriaceous, elliptical, subacute t obtuse, cuneate below into the sessile base leaf that blooms on a subcongested, to 1.2" [3 cm] long, successively few flowered inflorescence with oblique floral bracts.
The Drawing above is absolutely correct, the photos may be correct, I need better photos of the lip to be sure.
Synonyms Kraenzlinella phrynoglossa (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XVI Luer 1998 drawing fide to the drawing/photos maybe; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Kraenzlinella phyrnoglossa; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera phrynoglossa photo fide
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