Pleurothallis subsect. Lepanthiformes Lindl.
, Fol. Orchid. 9(Pleurothallis): 26 (1859).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:313461-2
- Publication
- Folia Orchidacea. An Enumeration of the Known Species of Orchids ... Vol. 1. London
- Collation
- 9(Pleurothallis): 26
- Date of Publication
- May 1859
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- P. chamaelepanthes Rchb. f.
Remarks
Lindley used the epithet Lepanthiformes within the same genus for another subsection (p. 25), for which Luer (p. 68) designated Speklinia orbicularis Lindl. as the LT. Lindley's usage is treated here as illegitimate [see ICBN (Tokyo Code) Arts. 21 Note 1 & 53. 5]