Microchilus caraguatatubensis (M.R.Miranda, Engels & E.C.Smidt) E.C.Smidt & M.W.Chase 2021

TYPE Drawing of Aspidogyne caraguatatubensis

TYPE Photo/TYPE Drawing of Aspidogyne caraguatatubensis by © .R.Miranda, Engels & E.C.Smidt and Phytotaxa 289(3): 279 2016

Common Name The Caraguatuba Microchilus [The specific epithet refers to Caraguatatuba, the municipality in Brazil where the type material was collected]

Flower Size .04" [1 mm]

Found in Sao Paulo state of Brazil in remnant Atlantic Forest at elevations of sea level to 1200 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect, terete, green stem carrying 5 to 10, elliptic to lanceolate, discolor, green, decurrent, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, terminal, pubescent, peduncle 2.52 to 4" [6.3 to 10 cm] long, provided with narrowly oblanceolate, glabrous, green sheathing bracts, rachis .48 to 3" [1.2 to 7.5 cm] long, 9 to 10 flowered inflorescence with narrowly lanceolate, glaborous, green, shorter than the pedicel floral bracts and carrying pubescent, green, white towards the apex flowers.

"Can be differentiated from other species of the genus by the flowers with perianth parts less than .16" [4 mm] long; the lip epichile that is sublunate, subtrilobed and with an obtuse apex and by the absence of a rostellum." M.R.Miranda, Engels & E.C.Smidt 2016

Synonyms *Aspidogyne caraguatatubensis M.R.Miranda, Engels & E.C.Smidt 2016

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Phytotaxa 289(3): 279 M.R.Miranda, Engels & E.C.Smidt 2016 as Aspidogyne caraguatatubensis drawing/ photo fide

* Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 197: 338 E.C.Smidt & M.W.Chase 2021

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