List of Pleurothallis species explained

Pleurothallis is a large genus that previously contained about 1240 orchids from the orchid family (Orchidaceae)., Kew's Plants of the World Online listed around 540 species in the genus.

Many species formerly classified in the genus Pleurothallis have been transferred to other genera.^[1]

References

• Orchid Research Newsletter issue 46 07/05 (Kew)
• Reclassification of the Pleurothallidinae
• The Cutting Edge Volume IX, Number 1, January 2002
• Phylogenetic relationships in Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae): combined evidence from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences - American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:2286-2308

Notes and References

1. (Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 255. February 2004)