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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Species
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PLEUROTHALLIS STENOSTACHYA Reichb. f.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Linnaea 18:399. 1844
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Synonym
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Pleurothallis myriantba Lehm. & Krinzl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 26:445. 1899. Pleurothallis Lankesteri Rolfe in Kew. Bull. 1914: 210. 1914. Pleurothallis dubia1 Rich. & Gal. var. myriantha Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. Beih. 17:20. 1922. Pleurothallis stenostachya Reichb. f. var. Lankesteri Ames, Sched. Orch. 7,:31, t. 15 pars. 1924.
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Description
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Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 1 dm. tall. Secondary stems up to about. 2 cm. long, very slender, covered with loose sheaths. Leaves long- petiolate; lamina 0.5-5 cm. long and 0.3-0.9 cm. broad, linear-elliptic to oblong- elliptic or usually oblanceolate, attenuated into the petiole; petiole very slender, 0.3-3 cm. long. Inflorescence a fascicle of short, few-flowered racemes; the flowers from greenish to brick-red and very small. Dorsal sepal 1.2-1.7 mm. long, lanceolate-ovate to ovate, strongly cucullate, acute. Lateral sepals 1.2-1.5 mm. long and 0.5-0.75 mm. broad, segments lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, connate below the middle. Petals 1-1.5 mm. long and 0.2-0.6 mm. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute, arcuate. Lip 1.1-1.3 mm. long and 0.5-0.7 mm. broad, elliptic-oval, obtuse, glandular-puberulent above, short-unguiculate.
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Distribution
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Mexico, British Honduras, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Boquete, alt. 1500 m., Davidson 1268; El Boquete, alt. 1000-1300 m., Pittier 2989; "Chiriqui," alt. 1060 m., Powell 224; vicinity of Boquete, alt. 1200-1500 m., Woodson & Schery 800.
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Note
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A small-flowered and distinctive species.
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