Brachionidium pteroglossum Luer, Phytologia 55: 176. 1984.
TYPE: Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe: epiphyte in moss in forest south of Yangana, alt. 2400 m, 30 Jan 1980, D. D'Alessandro 80-001 (holotype, SEL; isotype, RPSC; illustration of type).
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