Pleurothallis hymenantha Lindl. 1835

SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindl. 1859 Photo courtesy of Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Common Name The Delicately Flowered Pleurothallis

Flower Size

Found in Brazil and Cuba as a miniature epiphyte with an oval leaf with a flexuous, few flowered inflorescence arising from the base of the leaf and stem.

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms Humboldtia hymenantha Kuntze 1891; Pabstiella hymenantha (Lindl.) Luer 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX Luer 2007 as Pabstiella hymenantha

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