SUBGENUS Crocodeilanthe [Rchb.f & Warsc.]Luer 1986

Characterized by the one to many racemose inflorecence arise laterally through a usually conspicuous, foliaceous spathe in association with an distinct annulus. The often pubescent within, connate to semiconnate lateral sepals and the membraneous, short, entire, obtuse to rounded petalssurround the lip which can be 1 two to three lobed and often has a pair of calli somewhere near the middleor on a transverse bar, but sometimes this feature is obscure. The column is short with an exposed apical to subapical anther and stigma. The thick shortbase of the column is more or less bulbous amd articulates witht eh cavity at the base of the lip similar to the "Ball & Socket" articulation in the genus Barbosella. This feature occasionally has the joint more or less adnate and immobile and it can be merely bradly hinged to the column foot.

1. Pleurothallis apposita Luer 1998 Ecuador

2. Pleurothallis atwoodii Luer 1996 Costa Rica

3. Pleurothallis avirostris Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

4. Pleurothallis cassidis Lindl. 1845 Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

5. Pleurothallis cosangae Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

6. Pleurothallis croatii Luer 1998 Panama

7. Pleurothallis cyathiflora C.Schweinf. 1951 Peru and Bolivia

8. Pleurothallis domingensis Cogn. 1909 Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Leewards and Jamaica

9. Pleurothallis floribunda Poepp. & Endl. 1836 Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela

10. Pleurothallis galeata Lindl. 1845 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia?

11. Pleurothallis galerasensis Luer 1998

12. Pleurothallis laevis Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

13. Pleurothallis laminata Luer 1998 Ecuador

14. Pleurothallis ligulata Lindl. 1859 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia

15. Pleurothallis maxima Luer 1976 Ecuador and Colombia

16. Pleurothallis molleturoi Luer & Dodson 1998 Ecuador

17. Pleurothallis moritzii Rchb.f. 1850 Guyana, Venezuela and Ecuador

18. Pleurothallis patateensis Luer 1998 Ecuador

19. Pleurothallis pellucida Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

20. Pleurothallis pennelliana Luer 1998

21. Pleurothallis praealta Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

22. Pleurothallis prolificans Luer & Hirtz 1998 Ecuador

23. Pleurothallis pulchella (Kunth) Lindl. 1830 Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru

24. Pleurothallis roseopunctata Lindl. 1846 Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador

25. Pleurothallis salpingantha Luer & Hirtz 1998

26. Pleurothallis siphonantha Luer 1998 Peru

27. Pleurothallis taxis Luer 1979 Ecuador

28. Pleurothallis vegrandis Luer & Dodson 1998 Ecuador

29. Pleurothallis velaticaulis Rchb.f. 1850 Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru

30. Pleurothallis virgata Luer 1998 Peru

31. Pleurothallis weddelliana Rchb.f. 1878 Bolivia

32. Pleurothallis zunagensis Luer & Hirtz 1998