Pleurothallis cogniauxiana Schltr. 1907 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Sicariae SUBSECTION Sicariae Luer 1986 Photo courtesy of Daniel Jimenez G. in Costa Rica

Common Name Cogniaux's Pleurothallis [Belgian Botanist 1800's to early 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte

Synonyms Acianthera cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Acianthera congruens (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Pleurothallis congruens Luer 1978

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 218 Dodson 1980 as P congruens drawing ok; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 1092 Hamer 1984 drawing ok; Icones Pleurothallidinarum III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 1379 Atwood 1989 drawing ok; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Acianthera cogniauxiana; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Acianthera congruens; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 drawing fide; Orchids of Costa Rica Vol 1 Morales 2009 photo fide;

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