Acianthera

Acianthera
Acianthera luteola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Pleurothallidinae
Genus:	Acianthera Scheidw.
Type species
Acianthera punctata Scheidw.
Synonyms [1]
CryptophoranthusBarb.Rodr. BrenesiaSchltr. GeocalpaBrieger in F.R.R.Schlechter, invalid SarracenellaLuer AberrantiaLuer DidactylusLuer UnguellaLuer Arthrosia(Luer) Luer DondodiaLuer OgygiaLuer

Acianthera ochreata

Acianthera is a genus of orchids native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere, ^[1] especially Brazil. ^[2] It was first described in 1842 ^[3] but was not widely recognized until recently. Most of the species were formerly placed under Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera. This splitting is a result of recent DNA sequencing.

Species

As of May 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts 302 species within Acianthera: ^[4]

• Acianthera aberrans (Luer) Pupulin & Bogarín
• Acianthera aculeata (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Acianthera acuminatipetala (A.Samp.) Luer
• Acianthera adamantinensis (Brade) F.Barros
• Acianthera adeodata P.Ortiz, O.Pérez & E.Parra
• Acianthera adirii (Brade) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera aechme (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera agathophylla (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera alainii (Dod) A.Doucette
• Acianthera albiflora (Barb.Rodr.) Karremans
• Acianthera albopurpurea (Kraenzl.) Chiron & Van den Berg
• Acianthera alpestris (Sw.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera amandae Campacci & C.R.M.Silva
• Acianthera amaralii (Pabst) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera amsleri Rykacz., Driessen & Kolan.
• Acianthera angustifolia (Lindl.) Luer
• Acianthera angustisepala (Ames & Correll) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera antennata (Garay) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera aphthosa (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera appendiculata (Cogn.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera asaroides (Kraenzl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera atroglossa (Loefgr.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera atropurpurea (Barb.Rodr.) Chiron & Van den Berg
• Acianthera auriculata (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera bahorucensis (Luer) A.Doucette
• Acianthera barthelemyi (Luer) Karremans
• Acianthera berlinensis Damian, Chiron, Mitidieri & Rimarachin
• Acianthera beyrodtiana (Kraenzl.) Karremans
• Acianthera bibarbellata (Kraenzl.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera bicarinata (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera biceps (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Acianthera bicornuta (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera bidentata (Lindl.) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues
• Acianthera bidentula (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera bilobulata Zambrano & Solano
• Acianthera binotii (Regel) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera bissei (Luer) Luer
• Acianthera boliviana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera brachiloba (Hoehne) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera bragae (Ruschi) F.Barros
• Acianthera breedlovei Soto Arenas, Solano & Salazar
• Acianthera breviflora (Lindl.) Luer
• Acianthera brunnescens (Schltr.) Karremans
• Acianthera bryonii Luer
• Acianthera butcheri (L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera cabiriae Pupulin, G.A.Rojas & J.D.Zuñiga
• Acianthera cachensis (Ames) Karremans
• Acianthera caldensis (Hoehne & Schltr.) F.Barros
• Acianthera calopedilon Toscano & Luer
• Acianthera calypso (Luer) Karremans & Rinc.-González
• Acianthera capanemae (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera caparaoensis (Brade) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera capillaris (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera carcinopsis Luer & Sijm
• Acianthera carinata (C.Schweinf.) Luer
• Acianthera catujiensis Campacci & C.R.M.Silva
• Acianthera caymanensis (C.D.Adams) Karremans
• Acianthera cephalopodiglossa Toscano & Luer
• Acianthera cerberus (Luer & R.Vásquez) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera chamelopoda (Luer) Luer
• Acianthera chionopa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera chrysantha (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera ciliata (Knowles & Westc.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera circumplexa (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera compressicaulis (Dod) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera consatae (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer
• Acianthera cordatifolia (Dod) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera cornejoi Luer
• Acianthera costabilis (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer
• Acianthera costaricensis (Schltr.) Pupulin & Karremans
• Acianthera crassilabia (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Luer
• Acianthera cremasta (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer
• Acianthera crepiniana (Cogn.) Chiron & Van den Berg
• Acianthera crinita (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera cryptantha (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera cryptophoranthoides (Loefgr.) F.Barros
• Acianthera decipiens (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera decurrens (Poepp. & Endl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera denticulata (Cogn.) Karremans
• Acianthera deserta (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer
• Acianthera dichroa (Rchb.f.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera discophylla (Luer & Carnevali) Luer
• Acianthera dodsonii (Luer) Karremans & Rinc.-González
• Acianthera duartei (Hoehne) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera dubbeldamii Luer & Sijm
• Acianthera dutrae (Pabst) C.N.Gonç. & Waechter
• Acianthera echinocarpa (C.Schweinf.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera echinosa Luer & Toscano
• Acianthera ellipsophylla (L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera erebatensis (Carnevali & G.A.Romero) Luer
• Acianthera ericae Luer
• Acianthera erinacea (Rchb.f.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera erosa (Urb.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera erythrogramma (Luer & Carnevali) Luer
• Acianthera esmeraldae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Acianthera exarticulata (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera exdrasii (Luer & Toscano) Luer
• Acianthera eximia (L.O.Williams) Solano
• Acianthera fabiobarrosii (Borba & Semir) F.Barros & F.Pinheiro
• Acianthera fecunda Pupulin, G.A.Rojas & J.D.Zuñiga
• Acianthera fenestrata (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera fernandezii Luer
• Acianthera fockei (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera foetens (Lindl.) Chiron & Van den Berg
• Acianthera fornograndensis L.Kollmann & A.P.Fontana
• Acianthera freyi (Luer) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues
• Acianthera fumioi (T.Hashim.) Luer
• Acianthera garciae (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera geminicaulina (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera gigantea (Lindl.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera glanduligera (Lindl.) Luer
• Acianthera glumacea (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera gouveiae (A.Samp.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera gracilis (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera gracilisepala (Brade) Luer
• Acianthera gradeae Chiron & Benelli
• Acianthera granitica (Luer & G.A.Romero) Luer
• Acianthera greenwoodii Soto Arenas
• Acianthera hamata Pupulin & G.A.Rojas
• Acianthera hartwegiifolia (H.Wendl. & Kraenzl.) Solano & Soto Arenas
• Acianthera hastulata (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Karremans
• Acianthera hatschbachii (Schltr.) Chiron & Van den Berg
• Acianthera heliconioides (Luer & R.Vásquez) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera heliconiscapa (Hoehne) F.Barros
• Acianthera henrici (Schltr.) Luer
• Acianthera heringeri (Hoehne) F.Barros
• Acianthera herrerae (Luer) Solano & Soto Arenas
• Acianthera herzogii (Schltr.) Baumbach
• Acianthera heteropetala (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera hintonii (L.O.Williams) A.Doucette
• Acianthera hirsutula (Fawc. & Rendle) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera hirtipes (Schltr.) Rojas-Alv. & Karremans
• Acianthera hirtzii (Luer) Karremans & Rinc.-González
• Acianthera hoffmannseggiana (Rchb.f.) F.Barros
• Acianthera hondurensis (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera hygrophila (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera hystrix (Kraenzl.) F.Barros
• Acianthera imitator Toscano, Luer & L.Kollmann
• Acianthera inaequalis (Lindl.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera johannensis (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera johnsonii (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera jordanensis (Brade) F.Barros
• Acianthera juxtaposita (Luer) Luer
• Acianthera kateora (Garay) Karremans & Rinc.-González
• Acianthera kegelii (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Acianthera klingelfusii Luer, Toscano & Baptista
• Acianthera klotzschiana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera krahnii Luer & Vásquez
• Acianthera lamia (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera langeana (Kraenzl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera lappago (Luer) A.Doucette
• Acianthera laxa (Sw.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera lepidota (L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera leptotifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera limae (Porto & Brade) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera litensis (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Acianthera lojae (Schltr.) Luer
• Acianthera lueri Kolan. & Szlach.
• Acianthera luteola (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera macilenta Luer & Hirtz
• Acianthera macropoda (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera macuconensis (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros
• Acianthera maculiglossa Chiron & N.Sanson
• Acianthera madisonii (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera magalhanesii (Pabst) F.Barros
• Acianthera majakoluckae Soto Arenas & Solano
• Acianthera malachantha (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera marleniae Damian, Chiron & Mitidieri
• Acianthera marquesii Luer & Toscano
• Acianthera marumbyana (Garay) Luer
• Acianthera melachila (Barb.Rodr.) Luer
• Acianthera melanochthoda (Luer & Hirtz) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera melanoglossa (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer
• Acianthera mendozae Luer
• Acianthera mexiae (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera micrantha (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera minima (Cogn.) F.Barros
• Acianthera minuta (Rolfe) Karremans
• Acianthera miqueliana (H.Focke) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera modestissima (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera monophylla (Hook.) Karremans
• Acianthera montana (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera morenoi (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera morilloi (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Luer
• Acianthera moronae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Acianthera murex (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Acianthera murexoidea (Pabst) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera muscicola (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera muscosa (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera myrticola (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera nellyae (P.Ortiz) Karremans
• Acianthera nemorosa (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros
• Acianthera nikoleae A.Doucette & J.Portilla
• Acianthera obscura (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera ochreata (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera octophrys (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera odontotepala (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Acianthera ofella (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera oligantha (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros
• Acianthera omissa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera oricola (H.Stenzel) Karremans, Chiron & Van den Berg
• Acianthera oscitans (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera pacayana (Schltr.) Solano & Soto Arenas
• Acianthera panduripetala (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera pantasmi (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera pantasmoides (C.Schweinf.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera papillosa (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera paradoxa (Luer & Dalström) Karremans
• Acianthera pardipes (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera pariaensis (Carnevali & G.A.Romero) Carnevali & G.A.Romero
• Acianthera parva (Rolfe) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera pavimentata (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera pazii Luer
• Acianthera pectinata (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera pendens (Dod) A.Doucette
• Acianthera per-dusenii (Hoehne) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
• Acianthera pernambucensis (Rolfe) F.Barros
• Acianthera phoenicoptera (Carnevali & G.A.Romero) Luer
• Acianthera phrynoglossa (Luer & Hirtz) A.Doucette
• Acianthera platystachys (Regel) Chiron & Van den Berg
• Acianthera pollardiana Solano
• Acianthera polystachya (Ruiz & Pav.) Pupulin
• Acianthera portilloi (Luer & R.Escobar) Karremans & Rinc.-González
• Acianthera privigna (Luer) A.Doucette
• Acianthera prognatha (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera prolifera (Herb. ex Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera prostrata (Lindl.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera pubescens (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera punctatiflora (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera punicea (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera purpurascens (Luer & Hirtz) Karremans
• Acianthera purpureoviolacea (Cogn.) F.Barros
• Acianthera pustulata Zambrano & Solano
• Acianthera quadricristata (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Acianthera quadriserrata (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera quisqueyana (Dod) A.Doucette
• Acianthera ramosa (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros
• Acianthera recurva (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera rinkei Luer
• Acianthera rodolfovasquezii Damian
• Acianthera rodrigoi (Luer) Luer
• Acianthera rodriguesii (Cogn.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera rostellata (Barb.Rodr.) Luer
• Acianthera rubroviridis (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera ruizii Damian
• Acianthera sandaliorum (G.A.Romero & Carnevali) Luer
• Acianthera saraca-taquerensis Campacci & J.B.F.Silva
• Acianthera sarcosepala (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Carnevali & G.A.Romero
• Acianthera saundersiana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera saurocephala (G.Lodd.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera scabripes (Lindl.) Karremans
• Acianthera scalpricaulis (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera serpentula (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros
• Acianthera serratifolia Rinc.-González & Karremans
• Acianthera serrulata (Barb.Rodr.) Karremans
• Acianthera serrulatipetala (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera sicaria (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera sicariopsis (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera sicula (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer
• Acianthera sigmoidea (Ames & C.Schweinf.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera silvae (Luer & Toscano) Luer
• Acianthera similis (Schltr.) Karremans, Chiron & Van den Berg
• Acianthera simpliciflora (Dod) A.Doucette
• Acianthera sonderiana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera sotoana Solano
• Acianthera stenzelii Luer
• Acianthera strupifolia (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera subrotundifolia (Cogn.) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues
• Acianthera sudae J.Ponert, Chumová, Mandáková & P.Trávn.
• Acianthera sulcata (Porsch) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues
• Acianthera sulphurea (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues
• Acianthera tanyae Luer & Cornejo
• Acianthera teres (Lindl.) Borba
• Acianthera testifolia (Sw.) Solano
• Acianthera thysana (Luer & J.Portilla) Karremans
• Acianthera tikalensis (Correll & C.Schweinf.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera toachica (Luer & Dodson) Luer
• Acianthera tokachii (Luer) Luer
• Acianthera translucida (Barb.Rodr.) Luer
• Acianthera tricarinata (Poepp. & Endl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera trichophora (Lindl.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera tristis (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera tunguraguae (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) A.Doucette
• Acianthera unguicallosa (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Solano
• Acianthera variegata (Barb.Rodr.) Campacci
• Acianthera venulosa Luer
• Acianthera verecunda (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera villahermosae Sierra-Ariza, Rinc.-González & Karremans
• Acianthera violacea (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera violaceomaculata (Hoehne) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera viridis (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Acianthera wageneriana (Klotzsch) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera wawraeana (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues
• Acianthera welsiae-windischiae (Pabst) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera wilsonii (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera wyvern (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera yauaperyensis (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
• Acianthera zumbae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. de Melo, M. C., Borba, E. L., & Paiva, E. A. S. (2010). Morphological and histological characterization of the osmophores and nectaries of four species of Acianthera (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 286(3-4), 141-51.
3. Scheidweiler, Michael Joseph François. 1842. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 10(37): 292
4. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30366692-2#children ^{[ bare URL ]}

External links

• Media related to Acianthera at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Acianthera at Wikispecies