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Rhetinantha acuminata
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Rhetinantha acuminata

Authors

Karen Gil & Nicolás Gutiérrez

Rhetinantha acuminata (Lindl.) M.A. Blanco, Lankesteriana 7: 534. 2007.

Synonyms: Maxillaria acuminata Lindl. Pl. Hartw. 155. 1845. Lycaste acuminata (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 216 (1855). Sauvetrea acuminata (Lindl.) Szlach., Richardiana 7: 29 (2007 publ. 2006).

Type: Ecuador. Loja, Cordillera prope Loxa. Nov 1942. Hartweg 837. (holotype: K; isotypes: BM, BR, E, FI, G, LD, LE, P).

Illustrated specimen: Colombia. Santander: Provincia de Vélez. Municipio de La Belleza. Vereda Vista Hermosa. Mountain pluvial forest. 2406 m, 9 de junio de 2016, N. Gutiérrez M. 023 (JBB; LCDP voucher).

Rhetinantha acuminata is recognized by its creeping rhizome, inflorescences surrounded by distichous sheaths, pseudobulbs with two apical leaves, lip with especially prominent waxy deposits and ciliate margins of the clinandrium. . .