Pleurothallis crepiniana Cogn. 1896 Pleurothallis SUBGENUS Pleurobotryum [Barb. Rod.] Luer 1986 Photo courtesy of Americo Docha Neto.

Common Name The Shoe-Sole Pleurothallis

Flower Size 1/5" [.5 cm]

Found in Brasil as a miniature 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 a a several flowered 3/4" [2 cm] long inflorescence.

Synonyms Pleurobotryum crepinianum (Cogn.) Hoehne 1936

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986;

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