Pleurothallis batrachus Luer & Hirtz
, Lindleyana 11: 149, fig (1996).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301699-2
- Publication
- Lindleyana; Scientific Journal of the American Orchid Society. West Palm Beach, FL
- Collation
- 11: 149, fig
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- W.Teague, A.C.Hirtz, W.Flores, A.Andreetta,C.A.Luer 13483
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MO
- Distribution Of Types
- Cordillera del Condor, epiphytic in forest east of Los¹Encuentros, 1500 m, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America)
Remarks
Published as 'batracha'. This epithet is derived from the Greek masculine noun 'batrachos', a frog, which becomes 'batrachus' when latinized. The author (C.A.L.) agrees with the usage as a noun in apposition and with this correction.