Acianthera eximia (L.O.Williams) Solano

Gomez, Rodolfo Solano, 2015, A taxonomic synopsis of the Mexican species of Acianthera (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) including a new species, Phytotaxa 218 (1), pp. 39-60 : 46

6. Acianthera eximia (L.O.Williams) Solano in Hágsater & Soto (2003: 505). Pleurothallis eximia Williams (1942: 166) ; Acianthera eximia (L.O.Williams) Luer (2004: 253) superfluous. Type:— MEXICO. Oaxaca: On trees in humid forests, Pacific slopes, Valley of Copalita River NW of Pluma Hidalgo, 1,000 m, 1936, flowered 4 March 1937, Nagel & Gonzalez 6067 (holotype AMES[74246]! isotypes F[46433F]! MEXU[540507]! MO! S[7001]! SEL[767]! US [439253]!).

Distribution:— Mexico (Oaxaca [ Fig. 4 ]).

Specimens:— MEXICO. Oaxaca: Candelaria Loxicha, Santiago La Galera, 9 km al N de La Galera carretera a Miahuatlán , 1,450 m, 23 February 1988, Campos & Reyes 1448 ( AMO!) ; Pluma Hidalgo, valley of river Coapalita , NW of Pluma Hidalgo, 1,000 m, 2 March 1937, Nagel & González sub Oestlund 6067 ( AMES! AMO!) ; San Jerónimo Coatlán, 26.7 km al SW de San Jerónimo brecha a Piedra Larga , 1,700 m, 2 December 1990, Campos 3505 ( MEXU!) ; Santa Catarina Juquila, 168 km de la carretera Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido , 1,920 m, 21 November 1992, Jiménez et al. 1588 ( AMO!) ; Santiago Textitlán, camino a cascada del río Tigre , 1,562 m, 17 August 2006, Nava 1650 ( MEXU!) ; Santiago Xanica , El Placeton, a 1.7 km de Finca El Faro, 1,780 m, 27 November 2004, Velasco et al. 601 ( MEXU! SERO!) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Map showing the known Mexican localities for Acianthera eximia, A. greenwoodii, A. hartwegiifolia, A. herrerae and A. hondurensis.