Lepanthopsis melanantha

Lepanthopsis melanantha, common name tiny orchid, is a very small epiphytic species of orchid. It is native to southern Florida and the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico). In Florida, it is known only from the Fahkahatchee Swamp in Collier County.[1][2][3][4]

Tiny orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Epidendreae
Subtribe:
Pleurothallidinae
Genus:
Lepanthopsis
Species:
L. melanantha
Binomial name
Lepanthopsis melanantha
(Rchb.f.) Ames
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurothallis melanantha Rchb.f
  • Pleurothallis floripicta Lindl. ex Griseb., without description
  • Lepanthes brevipetala Fawc. & Rendle
  • Lepanthes harrisii Fawc. & Rendle
  • Lepanthopsis quisqueyana Dod

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of North America v 26 p 616, Lepanthopsis melanantha (Reichenbach f.) Ames, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1: 19. 1933.
  3. Biota of North America Program, county map distribution
  4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.


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