Acianthera sotoana Solano & Soto Arenas

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 : 50

15. Acianthera sotoana Solano & Soto Arenas in Solano (2010:447). Type:— MEXICO. Oaxaca: Municipio Totontepec Villa de Morelos, cañón del Río Toro, sobre el banco del río, 1,800 m, collected September 1977, pressed 23 July 1983, Suárez sub Hágsater 5536 (holotype AMO[3975]! isotype AMO[3976]!).

Distribution:— Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas [ Fig. 6 ]).

Specimens:— MEXICO. Oaxaca: Totontepec Villa de Morelos, Santa María Huitepec , Río Llano , 13 March 2009, Solano 2939 ( OAX!) ; Totontepec Villa de Morelos, Rio Toro , 1 January 1980, Suárez 566 ( AMO!) ; Totontepec Villa de Morelos, Rio Toro, 1,900 m, 1 January 1978, Greenwood s.n. ( AMO!). Veracruz: Ixhuacán de los Reyes, Comapa, 1,560 m, 19 October 2008, Viccón & Castañeda 199 ( MEXU!) ; Pajapan, cima del volcan San Marti Pajapan , 1,125 m, 2 August 2007, Kromer & Otto 2954 ( MEXU!) ; Tatahuicapan de Juarez, faldas del Volcan Santa Marta , 1500 m, 28 August 2008, Kromer 3696 ( MEXU!). Chiapas: Motozintla, 2,156 m, Damon s.n. ( ECOSUR!) .

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FIGURE 6. Map showing the known Mexican localities for Acianthera sotoana, A. testifolia, A. tikalensis, A. unguicallosa and A. violacea.