Microchilus bicornutus (Cogn.) E.C.Smidt & M.W.Chase 2021

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Common Name The 2 Horned Microchilus []

Found in Brazil as a small sized terrestrial with a repent rhizome giving rise to an ascending, arcuate to erect, robust stem carrying large, narrowly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, dark green, glabrous, attenuate below into the shortly petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, straight, shortly villose, 2.4 to 5.6" [6 to 14 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with linear-lanceolate as long as the flowers floral bracts and carrying reddish white flowers.

"Similar to Microchilus juruenensis but M bicornutus is distinguisahed by the smaller leaves and larger flowers, It also has a reddish coloration on the stem, leaves and rachis." Hoehne 1945

Synonyms Aspidogyne bicornuta (Cogn.) Meneguzzo 2012; Erythrodes bicornuta (Cogn.) Pabst 1957; Ligeophila bicornuta (Cogn.) Garay 1977; *Physurus bicornutus Cogn. 1906

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Fl. Bras. (Martius) 3(6): 547. Cogniaux 1906 as Physurus bicornutus

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: 343 Hoehne 1945 as Physurus bicornutus

Bradea 2: 194 Garay 1977 as Ligeophila bicornuta (

Orquidário 26: 89 Meneguzzo 2012 as Aspidogyne bicornuta

* Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 197: 337 E.C.Smidt & M.W.Chase 2021

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