Specklinia pfavii (Rchb.f.) Pupulin & Karremans, Phytotaxa 63: 8. 2012.

Bas.: Pleurothallis pfavii Rchb.f., Flora 69 (n. s. 44): 555. 1886.

TYPE: [Costa Rica or Panama]. Chiriquí, Pfau. s.n. (holotype, W).

 

 

 

 

 

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Masdevallia platyrachis Rolfe, Gard. Chron. 4(86): 178–179. 1888.

Pleurothallis platyrachis (Rolfe) Rolfe, J. Bot. 28: 136. 1890, comb. inval.

Pleurothallis platyrachis (Rolfe) Rolfe ex Hooker f., Curtis' Bot. Mag. 116: sub pl. 7129. 1890.

Kraenzlinella platyrachis (Rolfe) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 23: 326. 1915.

TYPE: Costa Rica: “The plant was imported from Costa Rica by Mr. Shuttleworth, and sent to Kew in 1884, in which year a scape was produced. It has now become fully established and is bearing several scapes, the first flower having recently expanded”, E. Shuttleworth s.n. (holotype, K; illustration of type).

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