Myoxanthus balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44: 94. 1992.

Bas.: Pleurothallis balaeniceps Luer & Dressler, Orquideología 16(3): 47-48. 1986.

TYPE: Panama. Veraguas: epiphytic in cloud forest on Cerro Arizona above Escuela Alto de Piedra, west of Santa Fe, alt. 850-950 m, June 5, 1982, flowered in cultivation 23 May 1984, R.L. Dressler 6063 (holotype, MO; isotype, MO; drawing of type, MO; illustration of type, photo of the flower of the plant that served as the holotype; another photo of the flower).

 

 

HOMOPTYPIC SYNONYMS

Brenesia balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 255. 2004.

Echinosepala balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase, Lindleyana 17(2): 101. 2002.

Echinella balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase, Lindleyana 16(4): 253. 2001.