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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Pleurothallis

Hierarchical position of the Genus Pleurothallis

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Orchidales Raf. pub. Anal. Nat.: 197. Apr-Jul 1815.       Subordo  Orchidineae Rchb. pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: xxxviii. Jul 1841.       Familia  Orchidaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Orchids       Tribus  Pleurothallideae Lindl. ex Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 187. Jun 1837.    Subtribus  Pleurothallidinae Lindl. ex G. Don in Sweet pub. Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 636. late 1839.    Genus  Pleurothallis R. Br. pub. (1813) common name: bonnet orchid

Named members of the Genus Pleurothallis

1	Species  appendiculata Cogn. common name: hand bonnet orchid
2	Species  aristata Hook. common name: forest bonnet orchid
3	Species  coriacea Bello syn. Pleurothallis pubescens
4	Species  crassipes sensu Britt. & Wilson, non Lindl. syn. Pleurothallis domingensis
5	Species  domingensis Cogn. common name: Guadeloupe bonnet orchid
6	Species  foliata Griseb. syn. Trichosalpinx dura
7	Species  gelida Lindl. common name: flor de llanten  (Mexico)
8	Species  ghiesbreghtiana A. Rich. & Gal. syn. Pleurothallis racemiflora
9	Species  longissima Lindl. syn. Pleurothallis racemiflora
10	Species  obovata (Lindl.) Lindl. common name: South American bonnet orchid
11	Species  pachyrrachis A. Rich syn. Bulbophyllum pachyrrachis
12	Species  pruinosa Lindl. common name: waxy bonnet orchid
13	Species  pubescens Lindl. ex Hook. common name: hairy bonnet orchid
14	Species  racemiflora Lindl. ex Hook. common name: ladies' bonnet orchid
15	Species  ruscifolia (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. common name: green bonnet orchid
16	Species  tricostata Cogn.
17	Species  urbaniana Reichenb. f. syn. Pleurothallis aristata
18	Species  wilsonii Lindl. common name: Wilson's bonnet orchid

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.