Pleurothallis pyxos Luer & Escobar, Orquideología 14: 168. 1981.
TYPE: Colombia. Cauca: San Sebastian, epiphytic in cold, cloud forest between La Vega and Paramo de Barbillas, alt. 3070 m, 27 July 1978, C. Luer, J. Luer, J. Kuhn & R. Escobar 3047 (holotype, SEL; illustration of type).
HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS
Pleurothallis amygdalodora Kraenzl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 521. 1906.
Trichosalpinx pyxos (Luer & Escobar) Luer, Phytologia 54: 397. 1983.
Trichosalpinx amygdalodora (Kraenzl.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 43. 1997.