Acianthera breedlovei Soto Arenas, Solano & Salazar

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 : 45

3. Acianthera breedlovei Soto Arenas, Solano & Salazar in Hágsater & Soto (2003: 502). Holotype:— MEXICO. Chiapas: ca. 100 km SW of Palenque on Hwy 199, near Tunapaz , 31 August 1986, Catling & Brownell M18.3 ( AMO [6312]!).

Distribution:— Mexico (Chiapas [ Fig. 3 ]), Honduras, Nicaragua Costa Rica, and Panama.

Specimens :— MEXICO. Chiapas: 950 m, 23 September 1988, Breedlove 70027 ( CAS!) ; Ocosingo , 22 km al N de Ocosingo, 1,200 m, 3 August 1984, Espejo et al. 1115 ( UAMIZ!) ; Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Laguna Bélgica , Moreno s.n. ( HEM!) ; Ocozocoautla de Espinosa , 900 m, 17 August 1972, Breedlove 27089 ( CAS!) ; Ocozocoautla de Espinosa , 600 m, 27 August 1972, Breedlove 27520 ( CAS!) ; Ocozocoautla de Espinosa , 850 m, 10 August 1990, Cabrera 133 ( CAS!) ; Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, km 192 carretera Cosoleacaque, 25 August 2001, Martínez 472 ( HEM!) ; Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, 14 km Ocozocoautla to Malpaso , 1,030 m, 13 July 1972, Pollard 1A-377-29a ( MEXU!) ; San Fernando , 950 m, 14 July 1981, Breedlove 51508 ( CAS!) .

Notes:— Acianthera breedlovei is member of a group of closely related species that include A. pubescens ( Lindley 1836b: 355) Pridgeon & Chase (2001: 245) and A. majakoluckae Soto Arenas & Solano in Hágsater & Soto (2003: 510), and other widespread Neotropical taxa. See notes on A. pubescens .

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FIGURE 3. Map showing the known Mexican localities for Acianthera angustifolia, A. angustisepala, A. breedlovei, A. chrysantha and A. circumplexa.