Anathallis kleinii (Pabst) Luer (2008:78)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Pleurothallis kleinii Pabst in Bradea 1: 179 (1972); Specklinia kleinii (Pabst) Luer in Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 261 (2004); Panmorphia kleinii (Pabst) Luer in Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 177 (2006)
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of A. corticicola) (Santos et al., 2019; POWO, 2025)
Last record: 1970 (Pabst, 1972; Luer, 2008; Romand-Monnier, 2013)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution & Habitat
Ilha de Santana Catarina (south), Santa Catarina, southern Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pabst, G. F. J. (1972). Additamenta ad Orchideologiam Brasiliensem. Bradea 1(20): 179.
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