Pleurothallis castanea Mark Wilson, G.Merino & J.D.Werner 2016 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl 1859
LCDP Photo by Mark Wilson & Portilla
Common Name The Chestnut Colored Pleurothallis [Refers to the sepals and petals color]
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Ecuador without locational data as a small sized, warm to cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by a papery, basal sheth and carrying a single, apical, deflexed, spreading, long acuminate apically, entire margins, glabrous, coriaceous, slightly concave, cordate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a short, arising through a suberect spathe, single flowered inflorescence carrying a non-resupinate flower
Part of the Pleurothallis cardiostola/Pleurothallis lilijae complex. Pleurothallis castanea can be distinguished from Pleurothallis cardiostola by the glabrous sepals and petals in P. castanea vs. cellular-glandular to coarsely pubescent in P. cardiostola; the longer sepals and petals in P. castanea; and the leaf ovate in P. castanea vs. ovate to lanceolate in P. cardiostola. P. castanea is also similar to Pleurothallis lanigera Luer & Hirtz [considered to be a synonym of P cardiostola], but differs in the sepals and petals, glabrous in P. castanea vs. markedly pubescent in P. lanigera." Mark Wilson, Luis Baquero, Katharine Dupree, Marco M. Jiménez, Cheryl M. LeBlanc, Gilberto Merino, Jose Portilla, Marcos Salas Guerrero, Francisco Tobar Suárez & Jon D. Werner 2016
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
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