Pleurothallis mazei Urb., Repert., 2016

Karremans, Adam P., Albertazzi, Federico J., Bakker, Freek T., Bogarín, Diego, Eurlings, Marcel C. M., Pridgeon, Alec, Pupulin, Franco & Gravendeel, Barbara, 2016, Phylogenetic reassessment of Specklinia and its allied genera in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae), Phytotaxa 272 (1), pp. 1-36 : 27

Specklinia mazei (Urb.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 262. 2004.

Bas. Pleurothallis mazei Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 1004. 1917.

This is another morphologically aberrant species. We have been unable to study any living material or obtain DNA sequences of this species. There are several morphological features that would indicate an affinity to Specklinia rather than to Anathallis , including the short stem, the non-apiculate, short petals, the ligulate, hairless lip, and the pollinia lacing caudicles and a viscidium. Without further information we cannot place it more specifically.