Acianthera magalhanesii

Acianthera magalhanesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Acianthera
Species: A. magalhanesii
Binomial name
Acianthera magalhanesii
(Pabst) F.Barros (2003)

Acianthera magalhanesii is a species of orchid. It is originary from Mines Gerais and Bahia, Brazil.[1] It belongs to the section Sicaria.

Description

It characterises by a cespitose growth with secondary stems, also called ramicauls, with the triangular upper section, wider in the base that in the leaf, subsessile inflorescence with few or a lot of flowers, floral segments often thick, or slightly pubescents or papilloses in a group of more fibrous and resistant plants, with canaliculate ramicauls without wings or with narrow wings, that resembles an additional leaf. This species is similar to Acianthera oligantha but smaller than it with flowers smaller and all the lip, yellow, extended in the intermediate part.

Sight of the plant

Taxonomy

Acianthera magalhanesii was described by (Pabst) F.Muds and published in Hoehnea 30(3): 186. 2003[2]

Etymology

Acianthera: generic name that it is a reference to the position of the anthers of some of his species.

magalhanesii: Epithet

Synonymity

See also

References

  1. R. Govaerts et al.
  2. "Acianthera magalhanesii". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  3. "Acianthera magalhanesii (Pabst) F.Barros — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  4. "Acianthera magalhanesii". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2013-03-14.

Bibliography

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