The identity and taxonomic status of Masdevallia attenuata are discussed, and the species is lectotypified. Masdevallia scabrilinguis is reduced into synonymy of M. attenuata, and M. fonsecae is reconsidered and treated as a good species. Both the taxa are described and illustrated on the basis of living plants from Costa Rica.
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1 June 2012
Contributions to a Taxonomic Revision of Masdevallia (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) in Costa Rica. a Note on Masdevallia attenuata
Christina M. Smith,
Franco Pupulin
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Harvard Papers in Botany
Vol. 17 • No. 1
June 2012
Vol. 17 • No. 1
June 2012
Lectotypification
M. fonsecae
M. scabrilinguis
Masdevallia attenuata
ORCHIDACEAE
Pleurothallidinae
taxonomy