SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Phloeophilae Luer 1986

Characterized by the repent rhizome bearing small, more or less round, prostrate leaves and a single flowered iflroescence arising from the apex of the short ramicaul without a ramicaul. The sepals are connate usually to near the middle. Most other floral aspects rae compatible with the subgenus.

~Pleurothallis echinantha Barb.Rodr. 1881 - See Pleurothallis nummularia Rchb.f. 1865

1. Pleurothallis neobradei Luer 1986 Brazil

2. Pleurothallis nummularia Rchb.f. 1865 Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil

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3. Pleurothallis oricola H.Stenzel 2002

4. Pleurothallis paulensis (Hoehne & Schltr.) Luer 1986 Brazil

   Pleurothallis peperomioides Ames 1923 Brazil

5. Pleurothallis serrulata (Barb.Rodr.) Luer, 1981 Brazil

6. Pleurothallis similis (Schltr.) Luer 1986 Brazil, Argentina

7. Pleurothallis ursula Luer & Hirtz 1996 Ecuador

8. Pleurothallis vandenbergii (Chiron) J.M.H.Shaw 2014 Brazil

9. Pleurothallis yupanki Luer & R.Vásquez 1984 Bolivia