Pleurothallis belocardia Schltr. 1924 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl 1859

Common Name or Meaning The Arrow-Heart Shaped Pleurothallis [refers to the leaf]

Flower Size

Found in Cundinamarca department of Colombia at elevations around 2300 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing, caespitose epiphyte with an erect 4" [10 cm] long ramicaul carrying single, suberect to spreading, coriaceous, 4" [10 cm] long, oblong, acuminate, cordate base leaf.

This is a lost species with no drawings available and the holotype was lost in Berlin during WWII.

Synonyms Acronia belocardia (Schltr.) Luer 2005

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Syatematics of Dryadella Systematics of Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 as Acronia belocardia;

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