Acianthera aphthosa

Acianthera aphthosa is a species of orchid.[1] It was first described by John Lindley in 1838 as Pleurothallis aphthosa,[1][2] but was assigned to the genus, Acianthera, in 2001 by Pridgeon and Mark W. Chase.[1][3] It is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.[1]

Acianthera aphthosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Acianthera
Species:
A. aphthosa
Binomial name
Acianthera aphthosa
(Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase (2001)
Synonyms
  • Pleurothallis aphthosa Lindl. (1838) (Basionym)
  • Pleurothallis foetens Lindl. (1843)
  • Pleurothallis macrophyta Barb.Rodr. (1877)
  • Pleurothallis pelioxantha Barb.Rodr. (1877)
  • Humboldtia foetens (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Pleurothallis ciliata var. abbreviata C. Schweinf. (1953)
  • Specklinia aphthosa (Lindl.) F. Barros (1983)

References
  1. "Acianthera aphthosa (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  2. Lindley, J. (1838). "Miscellaneous notices". Edwards's Botanical Register. 24: 42.
  3. Chase, M. W.; A. M. Pridgeon (2001). "A phylogenetic reclassification of Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae)". Lindleyana. 16 (4): 235–271 [242].
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