134.0000
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30557; hybrids: 1460
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot. 73 (1835)
134.7156
Genus
Masdevallia Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 122, t. 27 (1794) s. l.
Distribution: mountainous tropical America, not in the Antilles. The separation of many subgenera as full genera by Luer (2006) has not been accepted by most authors.
Species listed in database: 641; hybrids: 11
= Acinopetala Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Alaticaulia Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
= Buccella Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
= Byrsella Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
= Fissia (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 9 (2006)
= Jostia Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 2 (2000)
= Luzama Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
= Megema Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
= Petalodon Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
= Portillia Königer; Arcula 6: 154 (1996)
= Regalia Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
= Reichantha Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
= Rodrigoa Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(5): 203 (1979)
= Spectaculum Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
= Spilotantha Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
= Streptoura Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
= Triotosiphon Schltr. ex Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
= Zahleria Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 17 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia abbreviata
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 10: 106 (1878)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha abbreviata (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia acaroi
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 789a (2003)
Distribution: +E-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia acauda
Vierling & W.Zimm.bis; OrchideenJ. 26(3): 103 (2019)
Distribution: cult. (origin unknown)
Error
species :
Masdevallia adamsii
Luer; Lindleyana 9(4): 243 (1994)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Belize
79 MEX 80 BLZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala adamsii (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia adrianae
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 110 (1998)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia adrianae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia aenigma
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 7(1): 69 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia aenigma (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia agaster
Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 455 (1979)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Masdevallia aguirrei
Luer & R.Escobar; Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 1 (1996)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia aguirrei (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia akemiana
Königer & Sijm; Arcula 12: 298 (2003)
Distribution: Colombia (Risaralda)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia albella
Luer & Teague; Lindleyana 6(2): 84 (1991)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
species :
Masdevallia alexandri
Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 347 (1980)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa alexandri (Luer) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 33(4): 147 (1982)
species :
Masdevallia alexportillae
H.Medina, J.Portilla & I.Portilla; Andreettana 1(1): 12 (2025)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia alismifolia
Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 422 (1921)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño, Putumayo)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia alphonsiana
L.E.Matthews; OrchideenJ. 6(3): 5 (2018)
Distribution: cult. (origin unknown)
Error
species :
Masdevallia amabilis
Rchb.f. & Warsz.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 116 (1854)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia amabilis f. flammula (H.Mohr & Braas) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 203 (2007)
= Masdevallia amabilis var. lineata Linden & André; Ill. Hort. 22: 24, t. 196 (1875)
= Masdevallia flammula H.Mohr & Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 35(4): 143 (1984) [fide Luer (in litt.)]
species :
Masdevallia amaluzae
Luer & Malo; Phytologia 39(4): 185 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama amaluzae (Luer & Malo) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia amanda
Rchb.f. & Warsz.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 115 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Santander, Tolima); Venezuela; Ecuador
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia calopterocarpa Rchb.f.; Flora 69: 560 (1886)
= Masdevallia gustavii Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 3: 461 (1875)
= Masdevallia oligantha Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 7: 79 (1920)
= Masdevallia remotiflora Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 415 (1921)
= Spilotantha amanda (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ametroglossa
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 29a (2003)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia ametroglossa (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia amoena
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 148 (1999)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia amplexa
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64 [Icon. Pleurothallid. XV]: 125 (1997)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia amplexa (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ampullacea
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 42(5): 456 (1979)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Masdevallia amsleri
(Luer & Jenny) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 75 (2014)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia amsleri Luer & Jenny; Harvard Pap. Bot. 16(2): 317, fig. 8 (2011)
= Masdevallia amsleri (Luer & Jenny) Pfahl; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 1 (2014), isonym
species :
Masdevallia anceps
Luer & Hirtz; Novon 1(4): 165 (1991)
Distribution:
Error
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha anceps (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia andreae
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 26(1): 11 (2009)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia andreettana
Luer; Selbyana 5 (34): 390 (1981) (andreettaeana)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
species :
Masdevallia andresiana
Luer & Maduro; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 283 (2005)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia andresiana (Luer & Maduro) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 118 (2007)
species :
Masdevallia anemone
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 187 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices. Known only from original collection, does not survive any more in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia anfracta
Königer & J.Portilla; Arcula 4: 96 (1995)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia anfracta (Königer & J.Portilla) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia angulata
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 15 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); NW-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella angulata (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
= Masdevallia burfordiensis O´Brien; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 7: 346 (1890)
species :
Masdevallia angulifera
Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 19 (1925)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia olivacea Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 20 (1925)
species :
Masdevallia anisomorpha
Garay; Orquideologia 5: 79 (1970)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa anisomorpha (Garay) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia anomala
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 227a (2003)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella anomala (Luer & Sijm) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia antonii
Königer; Arcula 8: 221 (1999)
Distribution: NC-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia aphanes
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 36: 87 (1985)
Distribution: Ecuador; N-Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama aphanes (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia apoloae
(Luer & Sijm) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev., Suppl., 124 (1314): 37 (2016)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia apoloae Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(2): 339, fig. 7 (2012)
species :
Masdevallia apparitio
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 145 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia aptera
Luer & L.O´Shaughn.; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVI): 243 (2004)
Distribution: +E-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia arangoi
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 149 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala arangoi (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ariasii
Luer; Phytologia 57(1): 60 (1985)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; N-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
species :
Masdevallia arminii
Linden & Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 283 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia assurgens
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 153 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Tolima)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia asterotricha
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 37(3): 104 (1986)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia atahualpa
Luer; Selbyana 7(1): 102 (1982)
Distribution: N-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella atahualpa (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia attenuata
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1871: 834 (1871)
Distribution: Costa Rica; W-Panama; C-Ecuador
80 COS PAN 83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala attenuata (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Acinopetala scabrilinguis (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Masdevallia fonsecae Königer; Arcula 2: 35 (1994)
= Masdevallia scabrilinguis Luer; Phytologia 44(3): 168 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia audax
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 37(3): 106 (1986)
Distribution: N-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama audax (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia aurea
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 188 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia santiagoorum Königer; Arcula 7: 196 (1997)
species :
Masdevallia aureoportensis
(Luer & J.Leathers) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev., Suppl., 124 (1314): 37 (2016)
Distribution: cult.
Error
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha aureoportensis Luer & J.Leathers; Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(2): 362 (2012)
species :
Masdevallia aurorae
Luer & M.W.Chase; Lindleyana 8(1): 39 (1993)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama aurorae (Luer & M.W.Chase) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ayabacana
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 189 (1978)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia ayabacana (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia bangii
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 10: 41 (1922)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia trioon H.R.Sweet; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 26(1): 46 (1978)
= Physosiphon bangii (Schltr.) Garay; Canad. J. Bot. 34: 249 (1956)
= Triotosiphon bangii (Schltr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia barbozae
(Luer) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 75 (2014)
Distribution: Peru (Amazonas)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia barbozae Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 115 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXX): 240 (2009)
species :
Masdevallia barlaeana
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 5: 170 (1876)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia barrowii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 33a (2002)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia barrowii (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia bastantei
Collantes, Incah. & C.Martel; Syst. Bot. 46(3): 732 (2021)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia beckendorfii
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; OrchideenJ. 21(4): 145 (2014)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia bellissima
Bogarín, Pupulin & Karremans; Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids 2: 574 (2020)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Masdevallia belua
Königer & D´Aless.; Orchidee (Hamburg) 44(3): 142 (1993)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella belua (Königer & D´Aless.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia bennettii
Luer; Lindleyana 6(2): 84 (1991)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia bennettii (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia berthae
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 4(3): 105 (1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama berthae (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia bicolor
Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 2: 6 (1837)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Norte de Santander, Santander, Valle del Cauca); NW-Venezuela (Carabobo, Lara, Tachira); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia bicolor (Poepp. & Endl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
= Masdevallia atropurpurea Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 1216 (1865), orth. var.
= Masdevallia aureorosea Weberb.; Pfl.-Welt Peruan. Anden 288 (1911), nomen
= Masdevallia auropurpurea Rchb.f. & Warsz.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 115 (1854)
= Masdevallia biflora (Poepp. & Endl.) É.Morren; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur., Sér. 2, 9: 128 (1873)
= Masdevallia herzogii Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 10: 42 (1922)
= Masdevallia peruviana Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 112 (1906)
= Masdevallia subumbellata Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 107 (1925)
= Masdevallia xanthura Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 39 (1929)
species :
Masdevallia bicornis
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64 [Icon. Pleurothallid. XV]: 125 (1997)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Portillia popowiana Königer & J.J.Portilla; Arcula 6: 155 (1996) [non M. popowiana Königer]
species :
Masdevallia bolivarensis
Schweinf.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 20: 22 (1962)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Masdevallia boliviensis
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 483 (1913)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia boliviensis subsp. leucophaea (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 21 (1988)
= Masdevallia leucophaea Luer & R.Vásquez; Phytologia 55(3): 198 (1984)
species :
Masdevallia bonplandii
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 69 (1855)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Santander); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella bonplandii (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia coriacea subsp. bonplandii (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16 (Icon. Pleurothallid. II): 23 (1986)
= Masdevallia endotrachys Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 107 (1925)
= Masdevallia porcelliceps var. sulphurea (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 75 (1925)
= Masdevallia sulphurea F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 423 (1921)
= Masdevallia uniflora Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 361 (1816) [non Ruiz & Pav.]
species :
Masdevallia bottae
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 47(2): 63 (1980)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
species :
Masdevallia bourdetteana
Luer; Lindleyana 9(2): 103 (1994)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella bourdetteana (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia brachyantha
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 37 (1929)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia brachyantha (Schltr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia brachyura
F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 453 (1899)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia brachyura (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia brenneri
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 190 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia brenneri (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia britoi
E.M.Pessoa & Karremans; Syst. Bot. 47(1): 293 (2022)
Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Masdevallia brockmuelleri
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 805 (2002)
Distribution: C-Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia bryophila
Luer; Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 1 (1996)
Distribution: N-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia bryophila (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
= Masdevallia trechsliniana Königer & J.Meza; Arcula 7: 202 (1997)
species :
Masdevallia buccinator
Rchb.f. & Warsz.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 115 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia buccinator (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia bucculenta
Luer; Lindleyana 10(2): 115 (1995)
Distribution: NW-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella bucculenta (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia bulbophyllopsis
Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 412 (1921)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); SW-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia invenusta Luer; Phytologia 44(3): 166 (1979)
= Spilotantha bulbophyllopsis (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia burianii
Luer & Dalström; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 120 (2000)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia cacodes
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 7(1): 70 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella cacodes (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia caesia
Roezl; Orchidophile (Paris) 1: 599 (1881)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella caesia (Roezl) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia deorsum Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 8: 255 (1900)
= Masdevallia metallica F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 70 (1925)
species :
Masdevallia calagrasalis
Luer; Phytologia 57(1): 61 (1985)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia calagrasalis (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia calcarata
Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 285 (2005)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia calocalix
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 533a (2002)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia calochrysos
Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 23(1): 48 (2018)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia caloptera
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 1: 338 (1874)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha caloptera (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia calosiphon
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 120 (2000)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia calura
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 20: 230 (1883)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha calura (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia campyloglossa
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 10: 588 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Putumayo, Santander); Ecuador; N-Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella campyloglossa (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia campyloglossa subsp. ortgiesiana (Rolfe) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 21 (1988)
= Masdevallia dermatantha Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 426 (1921)
= Masdevallia fertilis Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 108 (1925)
= Masdevallia heterotepala Rchb.f.; Flora 69: 561 (1886)
= Masdevallia ortgiesiana Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 74 (1925)
= Masdevallia sarcophylla Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 100 (1925)
species :
Masdevallia cardiantha
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 31(3): 113 (1980)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia cardiantha (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia carmenensis
Luer & Malo; Phytologia 39(4): 191 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama carmenensis (Luer & Malo) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia carnosa
Königer; Arcula 14: 349 (2003)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia carpishica
Luer & Cloes; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 148 (1999)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia carrilloana
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 26(1): 9 (2009)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia carruthersiana
F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 99 (1925)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia carruthersiana (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
= Alaticaulia torulosa (Königer & J.Portilla) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia carruthersiana var. torulosa (Königer & J.Portilla) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 208 (2007)
= Masdevallia margaretae Luer; Phytologia 54(5): 381 (1983)
= Masdevallia torulosa Königer & J.Portilla; Arcula 4: 104 (1995)
species :
Masdevallia castor
Luer & Cloes; Selbyana 22: 112 (2001)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia catepheres
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 31(5): 176 (1980) (as catapheres)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia caudata
Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 193 (1833)
Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Santander); NW-Venezuela (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia caudata f. xanthocorys (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 208 (2007)
= Masdevallia caudata var. gudotii Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 5: 200 (1889), nom. inval.
= Masdevallia caudata var. shuttleworthii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 5: 200 (1889)
= Masdevallia caudata var. xanthocorys (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent; Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J.Veitch] 5: 29 (1889)
= Masdevallia cucutillensis Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 127 (1922)
= Masdevallia expansa Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 16 (1878)
= Masdevallia shuttleworthii Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 3: 170 (1875)
= Masdevallia shuttleworthii var. xanthocorys Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 17: 366 (1882)
= Masdevallia tricolor Rchb.f.; Linnaea 22: 818 (1850)
species :
Masdevallia caudivolvula
Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 128 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Streptoura caudivolvula Kraenzl.; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia cerastes
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 51 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo)
82 CLM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Megema cerastes (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia chaetostoma
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 192 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha chaetostoma (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia chaparensis
T.Hashim.; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo B, 4(1): 5 (1978)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia hajekii Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 205 (1978)
species :
Masdevallia chasei
Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 349 (1980)
Distribution: C-Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha chasei (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia chaucana
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 287 (2005)
Distribution: Ecuador (Azuay)
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama chaucana (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia cheloglossa
Luer & Dalström; Selbyana 27(1): 15 (2006)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia cheloglossa (Luer & Dalström) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 118 (2007)
species :
Masdevallia chimboensis
Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 106 (1925)
Distribution: W-Colombia (not Ecuador)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama chimboensis (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia choccei
Dalström; OrchideenJ. 26(2): 55 (2019)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia chontalensis
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 17 (1878)
Distribution: Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala chontalensis (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Masdevallia diantha Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 384 (1918)
species :
Masdevallia christae
Königer; Arcula 22: 471 (2012)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia chuspipatae
Luer & Teague; Lindleyana 9(2): 103 (1994)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia cinnamomea
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 225 (1855)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia cinnamomea (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia citrinella
Luer & Malo; Selbyana 5 (34): 392 (1981)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
species :
Masdevallia civilis
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 115 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Santander); NW-Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella civilis (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Byrsella fragrans (Woolward) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia aequiloba Regel; Gartenflora 9: 82, t. 285 (1860)
= Masdevallia fragrans Woolward; Monogr. Masdevallia, sect. 3, tab. (1892) cum icone, et Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 14: 162 (1893)
species :
Masdevallia clandestina
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 7(1): 71 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander); NW-Venezuela
82 CLM VEN
species :
Masdevallia cleistogama
Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 105 (1989)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia cloesii
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 39 (1993)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia cocapatae
Luer, Teague & R.Vásquez; Harvard Pap. Bot. 2(1): 55 (1997)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia cocapatae (Luer, Teague & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia coccinea
Linden ex Lindl.; Orchid. Linden. 5 (1846)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia coccinea f. alba Hermans; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 237 (2014)
= Masdevallia coccinea var. conchiflora A.H.Kent; Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J.Veitch] 5: 34 (1889)
= Masdevallia coccinea var. harryana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent; Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J.Veitch] 5: 34 (1889)
= Masdevallia coccinea var. lindenii Stein; Orchid.-Buch 329 (1892)
= Masdevallia coccinea var. militaris (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 209 (2007)
= Masdevallia coccinea var. versicolor Veitch
= Masdevallia denisoniana T.Moore; Gard. Chron., n. s. 1: 92 (1874)
= Masdevallia denisonii Dombrain; Fl. Mag. (London), n. s. 12: t. 79 (1872), nomen
= Masdevallia harryana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1871: 1421 (1871)
= Masdevallia harryana var. atrosanguinea B.S.Williams & T.Moore; Orchid Album 3: t. 105 (1884)
= Masdevallia harryana var. decora B.S.Williams; Orchid Album 8: t. 344 (1889)
= Masdevallia harryana var. denisonii F.Buyss.; L´Orchidophile
= Masdevallia harryana var. gravesiae Rolfe; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 12: 122 (1892)
= Masdevallia harryana var. laeta Rchb.f.
= Masdevallia harryana var. miniata B.S.Williams & T.Moore; Orchid Album 3: t. 110 (1884)
= Masdevallia lindenii André; Ill. Hort. 17: 226, t. 42 (1870)
= Masdevallia lindenii var. grandiflora L.Linden & Rodigas; Lindenia 1: 73 (1885)
= Masdevallia lindenii var. harryana (Rchb.f.) André; Ill. Hort. 20: 167 (1873)
= Masdevallia militaris Rchb.f. & Warsz.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 115 (1854)
species :
Masdevallia collantesii
D.E.Benn. & Christenson; Lindleyana 13(1): 53 (1998)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama collantesii (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia collina
L.O.Williams; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 11: 93 (1942)
Distribution: C-Panama
80 PAN
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Petalodon collinus (L.O.Williams) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia colossus
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 193 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; N-Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella colossus (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia concinna
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 33(3): 101 (1982)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia concinna (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia condorensis
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 1(3): 180 (1986)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia constricta
Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 2: 6 (1837)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia constricta f. glabra A.Doucette & J.Portilla; Phytotaxa 257(3): 231 (2016)
= Masdevallia urosalpinx Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 468 (1979) [fide Luer (in litt.)]
species :
Masdevallia copiosa
Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 129 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia corazonica
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 8: 48 (1921)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia sphenopetala Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 98 (1925)
= Spilotantha corazonica (Schltr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia cordeliana
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 813 (2002)
Distribution: NC-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia corderoana
F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 103 (1925)
Distribution: Ecuador (widespread)
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia coriacea
Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 257 (1845)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo); Ecuador; N-Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella coriacea (Lindl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia bogotensis Gentil; Liste Pl. Cult. Serres Chaudes Jard. Bot. État 118 (1907), nomen
= Masdevallia bruchmuelleri É.Morren; Ann. Gén. Hort. 9: 128 (1873), as ´bruchmülleri´
= Masdevallia ochracea Burb.; Gard. Chron. 1871: 1421 (1871), nomen
species :
Masdevallia corinnea
Archila, Jiménez Rodr. & Véliz; Moscosoa 19: 20 (2015)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Masdevallia corniculata
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 9: 72 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Santander); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia calyptrata Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 83 (1895)
= Masdevallia corniculata var. inflata (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent; Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J.Veitch] 5: 37 (1889)
= Masdevallia eclyptrata Kraenzl.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 18: 9 (1895)
= Masdevallia inflata Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 16: 716 (1881)
= Megema corniculata (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia cosmia
Königer & Sijm; Arcula 8: 223 (1999)
Distribution: SC-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia cosmia (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia cracens
(Luer, Sijm & V.N.M.Rao) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 75 (2014)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia cracens Luer, Sijm & V.N.M.Rao; Harvard Pap. Bot. 16(2): 317, fig. 9 (2011)
= Masdevallia cracens (Luer, Sijm & V.N.M.Rao) Pfahl; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 1 (2014)
species :
Masdevallia cranion
Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 108 (1989)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia crassicaudis
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 149 (1999) (as crassicaulis)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia blanda Königer & J.Portilla; Arcula 10: 266 (2000)
species :
Masdevallia crescenticola
F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 428 (1921)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó); NW-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala crescenticola (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia cretata
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 935 (2002)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia cucullata
Lindl.; Orchid. Linden. 4 (1846)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Putumayo, Tolima); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Megema cucullata (Lindl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia cuprea
Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 81 (1843)
Distribution: Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapa)
82 FRG SUR 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia cuprea (Lindl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
= Masdevallia cayennensis Rchb.f.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 23: 242 (1855)
= Masdevallia cuprea subsp. hepatica (Luer) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 21 (1988)
= Masdevallia hepatica Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 462 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia cupularis
Rchb.f.; Beitr. Orchid.-K. C. Amer. 93 (1866)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia cupularis (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 118 (2007)
= Masdevallia odontocheila Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 29 (1910)
= Masdevallia reflexa Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 19: 276 (1923)
= Reichantha cupularis (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia curtipes
Barb.Rodr.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. 2: 95 (1882)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia curtipes (Barb.Rodr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
= Masdevallia infracta subsp. curtipes (Barb.Rodr.) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 32 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia cyclotega
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 32(2): 63 (1981)
Distribution: WC-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia mijahuangae D.E.Benn.; Publ. Mus. Hist. Nat. UNMSM (B) 37: 1 (1993)
species :
Masdevallia cylix
Luer & Malo; Lindleyana 3(4): 195 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
species :
Masdevallia dalessandroi
Luer; Phytologia 57(1): 62 (1985)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
species :
Masdevallia dalstroemii
Luer; Orchideer 5: 194 (1988)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha dalstroemii (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia datura
Luer & R.Vásquez; Phytologia 54(5): 380 (1983)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia davisii
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 2: 710 (1874)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia deburghgraevei
Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(2): 355 (2012)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia deceptrix
Luer & Würstle; Thesaurus Masdevalliarum 10: t. 4 (1987)
Distribution: NW-Venezuela
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia deceptrix (Luer & Würstle) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia decumana
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 33(3): 101 (1982)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
species :
Masdevallia deformis
Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 428 (1921)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Coccineae
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia deformis f. exaltata (Luer) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 212 (2007)
= Masdevallia exaltata Luer; Selbyana 7(1): 108 (1982)
species :
Masdevallia dejonghei
(Luer & Sijm) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 75 (2014)
Distribution: Peru (Cajamarca)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama dejonghei Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 16(2): 337, fig. 35 (2011)
species :
Masdevallia delhierroi
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 8(1): 42 (1993)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Megema delhierroi (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia delphina
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 194 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha delphina (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia demissa
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 2: 9 (1887)
Distribution: C-Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha demissa (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia deniseana
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 86 (Icon. Pleurothall. XXII): 551 (2001)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection
species :
Masdevallia descendens
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 3(4): 195 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia descendens (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia dickinsoniana
Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(2): 356 (2012)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia dimorphotricha
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 10(2): 117 (1995)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha dimorphotricha (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia discoidea
Luer & Würstle; Lindleyana 1(3): 182 (1986)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia discoidea (Luer & Würstle) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia discolor
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 15 (23): 129 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia don-quijote
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 57(1): 63 (1985)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia don-quijote (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia dorisiae
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 149 (1999)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia dorisiae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia doucetteana
Pfahl; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes [unpaged] (2014)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia
80 PAN 82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia draconis
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 3(1): 21 (1988)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia draconis (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia dreisei
Luer; Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 3 (1-2): 37 (2001)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection
species :
Masdevallia dryada
Luer & R.Escobar; Lindleyana 4(3): 108 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Petalodon dryadus (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia dubbeldamii
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 115 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXX): 240 (2009)
Distribution: Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe)
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia dudleyi
Luer; Novon 1(4): 165 (1991)
Distribution: SW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia dunstervillei
Luer; Selbyana 7(1): 106 (1982)
Distribution: NW-Venezuela
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia dunstervillei (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia dura
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 197 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; ?Peru
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia dura (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia dynastes
Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 459 (1979)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella dynastes (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia eburnea
Luer & Maduro; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 409a (2003)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha eburnea (Luer & Maduro) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ecallosa
Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(2): 356 (2012)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia echo
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 198 (1978)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia echo (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ehmigiana
H.Medina, J.Portilla & I.Portilla; Andreettana 1(1): 15 (2025)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia ejiriana
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 150 (1999)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia elachys
Luer; Selbyana 2(4): 373 (1978)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia elegans
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 5(2): 153 (1979)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia elephanticeps
Rchb.f. & Warsz.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 116 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander, Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella elephanticeps (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia emieliana
Dalström, Deburghgr. & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 23(1): 92 (2023)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia empusa
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 200 (1978)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador; C-Peru
83 ECU PER
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia empusa (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia jimenezii Königer; Arcula 5: 122 (1996)
species :
Masdevallia encephala
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 56 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia ensata
Rchb.f.; Linnaea 22: 818 (1850)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo); NW-Venezuela (Merida, Tachira)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia xiphium Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34. 78 (1925)
species :
Masdevallia epallax
Königer; Arcula 2: 33 (1994)
Distribution: Origin unknown (?Costa Rica)
Error
species :
Masdevallia ephelota
Luer & Cloes; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 823 (2002)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia estradae
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 2: 435 (1874)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia estradae var. delicata Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 17: 524 (1882)
species :
Masdevallia eucharis
Luer; Novon 1(4): 168 (1991)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia eumeces
Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 111 (1989)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia eumeces (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia eumeliae
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 44 (1993)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia eurynogaster
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 3(1): 29 (1988)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
species :
Masdevallia excelsior
Luer & Andreetta; Selbyana 5 (34): 393 (1981)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia excelsior (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia expers
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 3(1): 29 (1988)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama expers (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia exquisita
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 8(1): 44 (1993)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia eyrei
J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 75 (2014), nom. nov.
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia adrianae Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 16(2): 346, fig. 44 (2011)
species :
Masdevallia falcago
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 16 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander, Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia trionyx Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 131 (1922)
species :
Masdevallia fasciata
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 15: 202 (1881)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia bathyschista Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 7: 76 (1920)
= Masdevallia palmensis Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 100 (1925)
= Masdevallia restrepioidea Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 134 (1922)
= Masdevallia trinemoides Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 418 (1921)
= Rodrigoa fasciata (Rchb.f.) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(6): 218 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia fenestralis
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 15(1): 59 (2015)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia fenestrellata
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 15(1): 62 (2015)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia ferrusii
(Luer) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 75 (2014)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia ferrusii (Luer) Pfahl; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 1 (2014)
= Spilotantha ferrusii Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 273 (plate 681, map) (2006)
species :
Masdevallia figueroae
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 202 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia filaria
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 70 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Valle del Cauca); N-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia ventricularia subsp. filaria (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16 (Icon. Pleurothallid. II): 36 (1986)
= Masdevallia ventricularia var. longicaudata F.Lehm.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 23: 238 (1898)
species :
Masdevallia flaveola
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 19: 638 (1884)
Distribution: Costa Rica; W-Panama
80 COS PAN
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala flaveola (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia floribunda
Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 72 (1843)
Distribution: Mexico (Michoacán, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Puebla, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala floribunda (Lindl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Masdevallia burzlaffiana Königer; Arcula 3: 65 (1995) [fide Luer (in litt.)]
= Masdevallia floribunda f. lindeniana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 214 (2007)
= Masdevallia floribunda subsp. tuerckheimii (Ames) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 32 (1988)
= Masdevallia floribunda var. myriostigma (É.Morren) É.Morren; Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 23: 380 (1873)
= Masdevallia galeottiana A.Rich. & Galeotti; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 3: 17 (1845)
= Masdevallia lindeniana A.Rich. & Galeotti; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 3: 17 (1845)
= Masdevallia myriostigma É.Morren; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur., Sér. 2, 9: 131, 132 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Masdevallia tuerckheimii Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 265 (1908)
species :
Masdevallia foetens
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 157 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella foetens (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia formosa
Luer & Cloes; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 121 (2000)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia fosterae
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 150 (1999)
Distribution: Origin unknown
Error
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia fosterae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia fractiflexa
F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Monogr. Masdevallia [Woolward], t. 17 (1896)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella fractiflexa (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia frilehmannii
Luer & R.Vásquez; Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 3 (1-2): 39 (2001)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia frilehmannii (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia fuchsii
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 203 (1978)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia saulii Königer; Arcula 8: 226 (1999) [fide Luer (in litt.)]
species :
Masdevallia fulvescens
Rolfe; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1890(II): 324 (1890)
Distribution: C-Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia schroederiana var. fulvescens (Rolfe) Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 83 (1925)
= Reichantha fulvescens (Rolfe) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia garciae
Luer; Selbyana 7(1): 109 (1982)
Distribution: N-Venezuela (Falcon)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia garciae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia gargantua
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 5: 516 (1876)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella gargantua (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia gastrodes
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 265 (2006)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia geminiflora
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(3): 226 (1981)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Valle del Cauca); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala geminiflora (P.Ortiz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia gemmula
(Luer & V.N.M.Rao) Pfahl; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 2 (2014)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama gemmula Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 263 (plate 676, map) (2006)
species :
Masdevallia gentianoides
Luer & J.Leathers; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 120: 141 (2010)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia gerhardii
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 120: 142 (2010)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia gilbertoi
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 75 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Risaralda)
82 CLM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Masdevallia glandulosa
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(2): 77 (1979)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia glomerosa
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 6(2): 87 (1991)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia gloriae
Luer & Maduro; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 413a (2003)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha gloriae (Luer & Maduro) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia gloriosa
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; OrchideenJ. 24(1): 25 (2017)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia gnoma
H.R.Sweet; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 26(1): 41 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Triotosiphon gnoma (H.R.Sweet) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia goettfertiana
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 15(2): 141 (2015)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia goliath
Luer & Andreetta; Novon 2(1): 6 (1992)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; N-Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia goliath (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia graminea
Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 460 (1979)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha graminea (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia guayanensis
Lindl.; London J. Bot. 2: 673 (1843)
Distribution: S-Venezuela (Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil
82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
species :
Masdevallia guerrieroi
Luer & Andreetta; Selbyana 2(4): 373 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia guerrieroi (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia gutierrezii
Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 461 (1979)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala gutierrezii (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia guttulata
Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 118 (1876)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia guttulata (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia lawrencei Kraenzl.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1895(II): 324 (1895)
species :
Masdevallia harlequina
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64 [Icon. Pleurothallid. XV]: 130 (1997)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia shiraishii Königer & M.Arias; Arcula 7: 199 (1997)
species :
Masdevallia hartman-filii
Luer, Hirtz & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 289 (2005)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia hartmanii
Luer; Lindleyana 9(2): 106 (1994)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia heideri
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 42(1): 8 (1991)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia helenae
Luer; Selbyana 2(4): 374 (1978)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia helgae
Königer & J.Portilla; Arcula 7: 194 (1997)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia helgae (Königer & J.Portilla) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia henniae
Luer & Dalström; Lindleyana 9(2): 108 (1994)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama henniae (Luer & Dalström) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia hercules
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 3(4): 198 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Megema hercules (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia herradurae
F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. ex Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 455 (1899)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Risaralda)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala herradurae (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Masdevallia exilipes Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 7: 79 (1920)
= Masdevallia frontinoensis Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 421 (1921)
= Masdevallia tenuipes Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 7: 81 (1920)
species :
Masdevallia heteroptera
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 3: 590 (1875)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia fissa Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 429 (1921)
= Rodrigoa heteroptera (Rchb.f.) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(6): 218 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia hians
Linden & Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 283 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Norte de Santander, Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia hieroglyphica
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 18: 230 (1882)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander, Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia hirtzii
Luer & Andreetta; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 58(2): 137 (1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
species :
Masdevallia hortensis
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 16(2): 154 (1984)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa hortensis (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia hortilankesteriani
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 13(3): 251 (2014)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia hubeinii
Luer & Würstle; Orchideeën 48(2): 50 (1986)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia hydrae
Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 351 (1980)
Distribution: SW-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha hydrae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia hylodes
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 162 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Nariño)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella hylodes (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia hymenantha
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 225 (1855)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia hystrix
Luer & Hirtz; Orchidee (Hamburg) 37(3): 139 (1986)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella hystrix (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia icterina
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 41(4): 139 (1990)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia idae
Luer & M.Arias; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 86 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXII): A-1 (2001)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia ignea
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1871: 1482 (1871)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia boddaertii Linden ex André; Ill. Hort. 26: t. 357 (1879)
= Masdevallia ignea f. citrina (Stein) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 216 (2007)
= Masdevallia ignea var. armeniaca B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 494 (1894)
= Masdevallia ignea var. aurantiaca B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 494 (1894)
= Masdevallia ignea var. boddaertii Linden ex André; Ill. Hort. 26: 26 (1879)
= Masdevallia ignea var. citrina Stein; Orchid.-Buch 333 (1892)
= Masdevallia ignea var. coccinea Stein; Orchid.-Buch 333 (1892)
= Masdevallia ignea var. goorii Sander; Sander´s Orch. Guide 113 (1901)
= Masdevallia ignea var. grandiflora B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 494 (1894)
= Masdevallia ignea var. hobartii Stein; Orchid.-Buch 333 (1892)
= Masdevallia ignea var. marschalliana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1872: 351 (1872)
= Masdevallia ignea var. massangeana B.S.Williams; Orchid Album 6: t. 273 (1887)
= Masdevallia ignea var. pulchra Vuylsteke ex Cogn.; Dict. Icon. Orchid., Masdevallia: t. 2a (1897)
= Masdevallia ignea var. rubescens Linden ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 28 (1925)
= Masdevallia ignea var. splendens Stein; Orchid.-Buch 333 (1892)
= Masdevallia ignea var. stobartiana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 15: 136 (1881)
= Masdevallia ignea var. superba Linden ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 28 (1925)
= Masdevallia ignea var. tomasonii Gentil; Liste Pl. Cult. Serres Chaudes Jard. Bot. État 199 (1907)
= Masdevallia ignea var. vuylstekeana Cogn.; Dict. Icon. Orchid. Masdevallia: t. 2a (1897)
species :
Masdevallia immensa
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 122 (2000)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia impostor
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 166 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia impostor (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia inamoena
(Luer & Sijm) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 76 (2014)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia inamoena Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 123 (2007)
= Masdevallia inamoena (Luer & Sijm) Pfahl; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 1 (2014), isonym
species :
Masdevallia indecora
Luer & R.Escobar; Novon 1(4): 170 (1991)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama indecora (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia infracta
Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 193 (1833)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca); NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia infracta (Lindl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia albida C.Pinel ex Lem.; Ill. Hort. 15(Misc.): 109 (1868), nom. inval.
= Masdevallia aristata Barb.Rodr.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. 1: 30 (1877)
= Masdevallia aurantiaca Lindl.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 357 (1836)
= Masdevallia forgetiana Kraenzl.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1895(II): 484 (1895)
= Masdevallia infracta var. aristata (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(4): 328, pl. 77, fig. 1 (1896)
= Masdevallia infracta var. purpurea Rchb.f.; (1883)
= Masdevallia longicaudata Lem.; Ill. Hort. 15(Misc.): 109 (1868)
= Masdevallia tridentata Lindl.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 357 (1837)
= Masdevallia triquetra Scheidw.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 7: 146 (1839)
species :
Masdevallia ingridiana
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 82 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXI): 105a (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia ingridiana (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia instar
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 39(4): 206 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Masdevallia ionocharis
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 4: 388 (1875)
Distribution: SE-Peru; ?Bolivia
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia ionocharis var. approviata Woolward; Masdevallia 13 (1892)
species :
Masdevallia irapana
H.R.Sweet; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 26(1): 42 (1978)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Triotosiphon irapana (H.R.Sweet) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia iris
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 7(1): 71 (1982)
Distribution: NW-Venezuela (Falcon, Portuguesa)
82 VEN
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Masdevallia ishikoi
Luer; Lindleyana 10(2): 117 (1995)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia isos
Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 463 (1979)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia isos (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ivanii
Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 267 (2006)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia jaderi
S.V.Uribe & Bogarín; Orquideologia 33(1): 16 (2016)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia jarae
Luer; Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 4 (1996)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia jarae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia jimeneziana
J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev., Suppl., 124 (1314): 37 (2016)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia jimenezii Luer & Hirtz; Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(2): 339 (2012)
species :
Masdevallia jorgeportillana
H.Medina, J.Portilla & I.Portilla; Andreettana 1(1): 18 (2025)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia jorge-warneri
(C.M.Sm., Bogarín & Pupulin) Bogarín; Orquideologia 33(1): 18 (2016)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica
80 COS NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha jorge-warneri C.M.Sm., Bogarín & Pupulin; Syst. Bot. 40(1): 83 (2015)
species :
Masdevallia josei
Luer; Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 6 (1996)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation. Possibly of hybridogenous origin
species :
Masdevallia juan-albertoi
Luer & M.Arias; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 122 (2000)
Distribution: SW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia karelii
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 13(3): 254 (2014)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia karineae
Nauray ex Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 123 (2000)
Distribution: SC-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia kiatiana
H.Medina, J.Portilla & I.Portilla; Andreettana 1(1): 21 (2025)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia klabochorum
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 5: 720 (1876)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Nariño); Ecuador; NW-Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia aops Luer & Malo; Phytologia 42(5): 457 (1979)
= Masdevallia paisbambae F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 425 (1921)
= Masdevallia xanthina subsp. klabochorum (Rchb.f.) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 64 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia kuhniorum
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 208 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia kuhniorum (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia kyphonantha
H.R.Sweet; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 26(1): 44 (1978)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Lara, Yaracuy)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia pseudominuta H.R.Sweet; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 26(1): 45 (1978)
= Triotosiphon kyphonantha (H.R.Sweet) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia laevis
Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 257 (1845)
Distribution: Colombia (Arauca, Cauca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Tolima); Venezuela; Ecuador
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia affinis Lindl.; Orchid. Linden. 5 (1846)
= Masdevallia affinis subsp. maculigera (Schltr.) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 17 (1988)
= Masdevallia affinis subsp. petiolaris (Schltr.) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 17 (1988)
= Masdevallia chlorotica Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 107 (1925)
= Masdevallia confusa Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 161 (1925)
= Masdevallia gomeziana F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 434 (1921)
= Masdevallia lepida Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 69 (1855)
= Masdevallia maculigera Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 27: 24 (1924)
= Masdevallia pantherina F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 454 (1899)
= Masdevallia petiolaris Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 7: 80 (1920)
species :
Masdevallia lamia
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 3(1): 40 (1988)
Distribution: NW-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella lamia (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia lamprotyria
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 31(5): 178 (1980)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Masdevallia lankesteriana
Luer; Lindleyana 10(2): 120 (1995)
Distribution: C-Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha lankesteriana (Luer); Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia lansbergii
Rchb.f.; Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 317 (1859)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Physosiphon lansbergii (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 138 (1939)
= Triotosiphon lansbergii (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia lappifera
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 319a (2002)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella lappifera (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia lata
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 7: 653 (1877)
Distribution: S-Costa Rica; W-Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia lata (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia borucana P.Allen; Ceiba 3: 147 (1952)
species :
Masdevallia laucheana
J.Fraser; Gard. World 11: 134 (1894)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala laucheana (J.Fraser) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia leathersii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVI): 245 (2004)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha leathersii (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia lehmannii
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 8: 38 (1877)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca); S-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia densiflora Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 7: 77 (1920)
= Spilotantha densiflora (Schltr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
= Spilotantha lehmannii (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia lenae
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 6(2): 87 (1991)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia lenae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia gracilior Königer & J.Portilla; Arcula 4: 99 (1995)
species :
Masdevallia leonardoi
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 86 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXII): 611 (2001)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia leonii
D.E.Benn. & Christenson; Icon. Orchid. Peruviarum t. 683 (2001)
Distribution: SE-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia leonor-baeziana
O.Perdomo, Edwin Trujillo & Karremans; Lankesteriana 23(2): 140 (2023)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia leontoglossa
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 69 (1855)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella leontoglossa (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia leptoura
Luer; Phytologia 54(5): 381 (1983)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia pachyura f. leptoura (Luer) A.Doucette; Phytotaxa 257(3): 233 (2016)
= Masdevallia pachyura f. pardinella A.Doucette & J.Portilla; Phytotaxa 257(3): 234 (2016)
= Masdevallia pachyura subsp. leptoura (Luer) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 44 (1988)
= Spilotantha leptoura (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia leucantha
F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 417 (1921)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia chiguindensis Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 104 (1925) (chiquindensis)
species :
Masdevallia lewisii
Luer & R.Vásquez; Lindleyana 8(1): 47 (1993)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia lilacina
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 36(2): 80 (1985)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador; C-Peru; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia lilianae
Luer; Lindleyana 6(2): 90 (1991)
Distribution: N-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella lilianae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia melina Königer & J.Meza; Arcula 5: 125 (1996) [fide Luer (in litt.)]
species :
Masdevallia limax
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 209 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
species :
Masdevallia lineolata
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 33(3): 104 (1982)
Distribution: SC-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia lintricula
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 37(3): 106 (1986)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia lintricula (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia listroglossa
Luer & Dalström; Selbyana 27(1): 17 (2006)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia listroglossa (Luer & Dalström) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 118 (2007)
species :
Masdevallia livingstoneana
Roezl & Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 2: 322 (1874)
Distribution: E-Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Chocó)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala livingstoneana (Rchb.f. & Roezl) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006), nom. inval., et Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX (Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112): 118 (2007)
= Masdevallia panamensis (Schltr.) Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 4: 9 (1923)
= Scaphosepalum panamense Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 205 (1913)
species :
Masdevallia lophina
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 120: 142 (2010)
Distribution: Peru (Amazonas)
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia loui
Luer & Dalström; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 113a (2003)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia loui (Luer & Dalström) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia lucernula
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 32(2): 65 (1981)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia ludibunda
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 17: 179 (1882)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia estradae var. ludibunda (Rchb.f.) God.-Leb.; L´Orchidophile 1: 270 (1881)
= Masdevallia estradae var. ludibunda (Rchb.f.) Woolward; Masdevallia 13 (1892), isonym
species :
Masdevallia ludibundella
Luer & R.Escobar; Lindleyana 10(2): 120 (1995)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia luerorum
Bogarín, Oses & C.M.Sm.; Lankesteriana 17(2): 237 (2017)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Masdevallia luziaemariae
Luer & R.Vásquez; Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 3 (1-2): 41 (2001)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia luziaemariae (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia lychniphora
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 31(3): 116 (1980)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia lynniana
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVI): 245 (2004)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama lynniana (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia macrogenia
(Arango) Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 79 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia collina var. macrogenia Arango; Orquideologia 11(1): 13 (1976)
= Petalodon macrogenius (Arango) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia macroglossa
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 15 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander, Santander); NW-Venezuela (Trujillo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Tachira)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella macroglossa (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia gerlachii Königer; Arcula 2: 38 (1994)
= Masdevallia porcelliceps Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 19: 10 (1883)
species :
Masdevallia macropus
F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 454 (1899)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia macrura
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 1: 240 (1874)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Megema macrura (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia maculata
Klotzsch & Karst.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 15: 330 (1847)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Miranda, Portuguesa, Zulia)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia maculata (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia maculata f. flava (Stein) Christenson; Brittonia 47(1): 32 (1995)
= Masdevallia maculata var. flava A.H.Kent; Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J.Veitch] Part 5: 52 (1889)
species :
Masdevallia maduroi
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 110 (1998)
Distribution: NW-Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia maduroi (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 118 (2007)
species :
Masdevallia magaliana
Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 269 (2006)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia mallii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 82 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXI): 115a (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia maloi
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 211 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella maloi (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia manarana
Carnevali & I.Ramírez; Ernstia 44: 15 (1987)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Masdevallia manchinazae
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 3(4): 201 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama manchinazae (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia mandarina
(Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 857 (2002)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cesar); S-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia xanthina subsp. mandarina Luer & R.Escobar; Lindleyana 3(1): 64 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia manningii
Königer; Arcula 11: 282 (2001)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia manoloi
Luer & Arias; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVI): 108 (1998)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia manta
Königer & Sijm; Arcula 10: 268 (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia marginella
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 20: 38 (1883)
Distribution: C-Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia costaricensis Rolfe; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 8: 183 (1890)
= Reichantha marginella (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia mariposa
A.Doucette, J.Portilla & G.Merino; Orchids (West Palm Beach) 84(8): 500 (2015)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia marizae
Luer & Rolando; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 124 (2000)
Distribution: SE-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia marthae
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 84 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Risaralda)
82 CLM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Masdevallia martineae
Luer; Harvard Pap. Bot. 2(1): 55 (1997)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia martineae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia martiniana
Luer & Arias; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVI): 108 (1998)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia martiniana (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia mascarata
Luer & R.Vásquez; Novon 2(1): 6 (1992)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia mascarata (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia mastodon
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 69 (1855)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia mataxa
Königer & Mend.; Orchidee (Hamburg) 44(4): 178 (1993)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama mataxa (Königer & H.Mend.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia maxilimax
(Luer) Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 114 (1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia limax subsp. maxilimax Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 40 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia mayaycu
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 3(4): 201 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia mayaycu (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia medinae
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 86 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXII): 629 (2001)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia medusa
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 7(1): 72 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia medusa (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia mejiana
Garay; Orquideologia 5: 17 (1970)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha mejiana (Garay) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia melanoglossa
Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 114 (1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia melanopus
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 2: 322 (1874)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia polysticta Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 102: t. 6258 (1876) [non Rchb.f. 1874]
= Spilotantha melanopus (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia melanoxantha
Linden & Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 283 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Norte de Santander, Santander); NW-Venezuela (Lara, Tachira); Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia melanoxantha (Linden & Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Alaticaulia menatoi (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia asperrima Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 133 (1922)
= Masdevallia foeda Luer & R.Vásquez; Lindleyana 3(4): 198 (1988 publ. 1989)
= Masdevallia menatoi Luer & R.Vásquez; Phytologia 46(6): 351 (1980)
species :
Masdevallia meleagris
Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 257 (1845)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa meleagris (Lindl.) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(6): 218 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia mendozae
Luer; Phytologia 54(5): 382 (1983)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Masdevallia mentosa
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 212 (1978)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama mentosa (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
= Masdevallia glossacles Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 111 (1989)
species :
Masdevallia merinoi
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 151 (1999)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama merinoi (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia mezae
Luer; Phytologia 44(3): 166 (1979)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia mezae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia rauhii Senghas & Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30: 192 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia microptera
Luer & Würstle; Lindleyana 4(3): 116 (1989)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia microsiphon
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 213 (1978)
Distribution: SW-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha microsiphon (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia midas
Luer; Selbyana 5 (34): 394 (1981)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia milagroi
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 1227 (2003)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa milagroi (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia minuta
Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12: 396 (1843)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba); N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala minuta (Lindl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Masdevallia surinamensis Focke; Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. 4: 62 (1851)
species :
Masdevallia mirandae
Gal.-Tar., Haelter. & Zuluaga; Phytotaxa 502(3): 278 (2021)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia misasii
Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 33(4): 148 (1982), nom. nov.
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella misasii (Braas) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia reflexa Misas; Orquideologia 12(23): 149 (1977 publ. 1978) [non Schltr. 1923]
species :
Masdevallia molossoides
Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 416 (1921)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; NW-Ecuador
80 COS NIC PAN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella molossoides (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
= Masdevallia anura Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 433 (1921)
= Masdevallia rhopalura Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 19: 14 (1923)
species :
Masdevallia molossus
Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 10 (1876)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella molossus (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
= Masdevallia antioquiensis F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. ex Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 456 (1899)
= Masdevallia schmidtchenii Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 432 (1921)
species :
Masdevallia monogona
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 36(2): 82 (1985)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia monogona (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia mooreana
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 19: 408 (1884)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander, Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella mooreana (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia atroviolacea Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 130 (1922)
= Masdevallia sororcula Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 2: 713 (1887)
species :
Masdevallia morochataensis
M.Zárate & Dalström; Orchidee, Taxon. Mitt. 9(8): 65 (2023)
Distribution: Bolivia
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia morochoi
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 4(3): 116 (1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
species :
Masdevallia munae
Luer & R.Barrow; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 291 (2005)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia munae (Luer & R.Barrow) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia murex
Luer; Selbyana 7(1): 112 (1982)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella murex (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia mutica
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 88 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Risaralda, Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Fissia mutica (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 9 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia naevia
Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 293 (2005)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia naranjapatae
Luer; Selbyana 2(4): 375 (1978)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Zahleria naranjapatae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 17 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia navicularis
Garay & Dunst.; Venez. Orchid. Ill. [Dunsterville & Garay] 6: 232 (1976)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander); NW-Venezuela (Tachira)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia navicularis (Garay & Dunst.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia scapha Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 33, 148 (1982), nom. nov.
species :
Masdevallia nebulina
Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 465 (1979)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia neukermansii
(Luer & Sijm) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 76 (2014)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia neukermansii Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 125 (2007)
= Masdevallia neukermansii (Luer & Sijm) Pfahl; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 1 (2014), isonym
species :
Masdevallia newmaniana
Luer & Teague; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 111 (1998)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia newmaniana (Luer & Teague) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia nicaraguae
Luer; Selbyana 5(2): 148 (1979)
Distribution: Nicaragua
80 NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala nicaraguae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia nidifica
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 18 (1878), et Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 4: 628 (1888)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca); Ecuador; Peru
80 COS NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella nidifica (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
= Masdevallia cyathogastra Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 383 (1918)
= Masdevallia tenuicauda Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 19: 15 (1923)
species :
Masdevallia niesseniae
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVI): 108 (1998)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia nigricans
Königer & Sijm; Arcula 12: 301 (2003)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha nigricans (Königer & Sijm) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 129 (2007)
species :
Masdevallia nijhuisiae
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 271 (2006)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia nikoleana
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 124 (2000)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
species :
Masdevallia nitens
Luer; Selbyana 2(4): 376 (1978)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia nivea
(Luer & R.Escobar) Luer & R.Escobar; Thesaurus Masdevalliarum 13: t. 9 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia purpurella subsp. nivea Luer & R.Escobar; Lindleyana 3(1): 55 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia norae
Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 44 (1988)
Distribution: SE-Colombia (Amazonas); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Falcon); Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 CLM FRG SUR VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia norae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia norops
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 39(4): 214 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Masdevallia norrisiorum
Luer & Dalström; Selbyana 27(1): 17 (2006)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia notosibirica
F.Maek. & T.Hashim.; J. Jap. Bot. 48(1): 27 (1973)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia nunezii
Luer & Dalström; Selbyana 27(1): 20 (2006)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia obscurans
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 112 (1998)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Pernambuco)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia obscurans (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia infracta subsp. obscurans Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 37 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia odnalorii
Luer, V.N.M.Rao & M.Webb; Harvard Pap. Bot. 16(2): 339, fig. 36 (2011)
Distribution: Peru (Cuzco)
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia odontocera
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 7(1): 73 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander); Venezuela
82 CLM VEN
species :
Masdevallia odontopetala
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 215 (1978)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia odontopetala (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia olmosii
Königer & Sijm; Arcula 12: 303 (2003)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Masdevallia omorenoi
Luer & R.Vásquez; Harvard Pap. Bot. 2(1): 58 (1997)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia omorenoi (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ophioglossa
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 17 (1878)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella ophioglossa (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
= Masdevallia grossa Luer; Phytologia 47(2): 64 (1980)
= Masdevallia ophioglossa subsp. grossa (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16 (Icon. Pleurothallid. II): 15 (1986)
species :
Masdevallia oreas
Luer & R.Vásquez; Selbyana 5 (34): 395 (1981)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia oreas (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ortalis
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 216 (1978)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia rodolfoi subsp. ortalis (Luer) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 59 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia oscarii
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 175 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella oscarii (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia oscitans
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 112 (1998)
Distribution: Brazil
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia oscitans (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia infracta subsp. oscitans Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 37 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia os-draconis
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 92 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Risaralda)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia ostaurina
Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVI): 249 (2004)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha ostaurina (Luer & V.N.M.Rao) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia os-viperae
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 4(3): 119 (1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia rana-aurea Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 151 (1999)
species :
Masdevallia ova-avis
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 217 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha ova-avis (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia oversteegeniana
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 120: 143 (2010)
Distribution: Peru (San Martin)
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia oxapampaensis
D.E.Benn. & Christenson; Icon. Orchid. Peruviarum t. 684 (2001)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia pachyantha
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 19: 174 (1884), et Flora 69: 561 (1886)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Nariño)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella pachyantha (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia hoppii Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 27: 24 (1924)
= Masdevallia pachyantha var. hoppii (Schltr.) Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 63 (1925)
species :
Masdevallia pachygyne
Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 419 (1921)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Masdevallia pachysepala
(Rchb.f.) Luer; Lindleyana 9(4): 245 (1994)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander); NW-Venezuela (Tachira)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella pachysepala (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia elephanticeps f. pachysepala (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 213 (2007)
= Masdevallia elephanticeps var. pachysepala Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 283 (1854)
species :
Masdevallia pachyura
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 2: 322 (1874)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia aureodactyla Luer; Selbyana 7(1): 102 (1982)
= Masdevallia polysticta var. crassicaudata Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 15: 179 (1881)
= Spilotantha pachyura (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia paivaeana
Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 3: 25 (1878)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia aspera Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 82 (1925)
species :
Masdevallia palatina
Vierling & W.Zimm.bis; OrchideenJ. 26: 105 (2019)
Distribution: cult. (origin unknown)
Error
species :
Masdevallia pandurilabia
C.Schweinf.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 113 (1942)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia panguiensis
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 54(5): 383 (1983)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia panguiensis (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia pantomima
Luer & Hirtz; Selbyana 22(2): 114 (2001)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa pantomima (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia papillosa
Luer; Lindleyana 10(4): 232 (1995)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia paquishae
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 3(4): 204 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; C-Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama paquishae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
= Masdevallia trivenia Königer; Arcula 7: 205 (1997) [fide Luer (in litt.)]
species :
Masdevallia pardina
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 15 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño, Putumayo); N-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella pardina (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia aequatorialis F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 427 (1921)
species :
Masdevallia parsonsii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 115 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXX): 241 (2009)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia parvula
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 8: 49 (1921)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia diversifolia Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 109 (1925)
= Rodrigoa diversifolia (Kraenzl.) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(6): 220 (1979)
= Rodrigoa parvula (Schltr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia pastinata
Luer; Harvard Pap. Bot. 2(1): 60 (1997)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia pastinata (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia patchicutzae
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 10(2): 123 (1995)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia patchicutzae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia patriciana
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 219 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia patula
Luer & Malo; Phytologia 39(4): 220 (1978)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama patula (Luer & Malo) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia peristeria
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 1: 500 (1874)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Nariño, Risaralda); N-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella peristeria (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia ellipes Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 11 (1876)
= Masdevallia haematosticta Rchb.f.; Flora 69: 559 (1886)
= Masdevallia peristeria subsp. haematosticta (Rchb.f.) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 44 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia pernix
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 33(3): 107 (1982)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Masdevallia persicina
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 221 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia wageneriana var. ecuadorensis Braas; Orquideologia 12(1): 30 (1977)
species :
Masdevallia pescadoensis
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 179 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala pescadoensis (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia phacopsis
Luer & Dalström; Lindleyana 9(4): 245 (1994)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia phasmatodes
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(5): 197 (1979), et Orchidee (Hamburg) 36(2): 87 (1985)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia phlogina
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 47 (1993)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia phoebe
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 295 (2005)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia phoebe (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia phoenix
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 222 (1978)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia phoenix (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia picea
Luer; Phytologia 44(3): 167 (1979), nom. nov.
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella picea (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia rufolutea Lindl.; Gard. Chron. 1853: 292 (1853), nomen
species :
Masdevallia picta
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 223 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia picturata
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 16 (1878)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal); Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Fissia picturata (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 9 (2006)
= Masdevallia cryptocopis Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 182 (1925)
= Masdevallia meleagris Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 1: 198 (1858), nom. illeg., non Lindl.
= Masdevallia ocanensis Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 429 (1921)
= Masdevallia picturata subsp. minor (Cogn.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16 (Icon. Pleurothallid. II): 12 (1986)
= Masdevallia picturata var. minor Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(4): 329 (1896)
= Rodrigoa cryptocopis (Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(6): 220 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia pileata
Luer & Würstle; Orchideeën 48(2): 50 (1986)
Distribution: NE-Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia pinocchio
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 39(4): 224 (1978)
Distribution: EC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia pinocchio (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia planadensis
Luer & R.Escobar; Lindleyana 3(1): 50 (1988)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa planadensis (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia plantaginea
(Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(4): 336 (1896)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; C-Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Humboltia plantaginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 668 (1891)
= Luzama plantaginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
= Masdevallia capillaris Luer; Selbyana 7(1): 104 (1982)
= Pleurothallis plantaginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 82 (1842)
= Specklinia plantaginea Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 1: 51, t. 89 (1836)
species :
Masdevallia platyglossa
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 18: 552 (1882)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Santander); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella platyglossa (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Lothiania bilabiata Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 203 (1925)
= Masdevallia bilabiata (Kraenzl.) Garay; Orquideologia 5: 80 (1970)
= Rodrigoa bilabiata (Kraenzl.) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(6): 221 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia pleurothalloides
Luer; Selbyana 3 (3-4): 218 (1977)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Fissia pleurothalloides (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 9 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia plynophora
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 149a (2003)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia plynophora (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia pollux
Luer & Cloes; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 957 (2002)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
species :
Masdevallia polychroma
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 113 (1998)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia polysticta
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 1: 338 (1874)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia huebschiana Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 411 (1921)
= Masdevallia polysticta subsp. spathulifolia (Kraenzl.) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 50 (1988)
= Masdevallia spathulifolia Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 98 (1925)
= Spilotantha polysticta (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia popowiana
Königer & J.G.Weinm.bis; Arcula 5: 127 (1996)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia porphyrea
Luer; Phytologia 47(2): 65 (1980)
Distribution: SW-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha porphyrea (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia portillae
Luer & Andreetta; Selbyana 2(4): 378 (1978)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia portillae (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia posadae
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 7(1): 74 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); C-Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia posadae (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 5 (2006)
= Masdevallia posadae f. rugosepala A.Doucette & J.Portilla; Phytotaxa 257(3): 235 (2016)
= Masdevallia sijmiana Königer; Arcula 3: 67 (1995) [fide Luer (in litt.)]
species :
Masdevallia pozoi
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 44(4): 180 (1993)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha pozoi (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia princeps
Luer; Lindleyana 9(2): 108 (1994)
Distribution: NC-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia princeps (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia priscillana
Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 297 (2005)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia priscillana (Luer & V.N.M.Rao) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia proboscoidea
Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVI): 249 (2004)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia proboscoidea (Luer & V.N.M.Rao) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia prodigiosa
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(5): 197 (1979)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia prolixa
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 125 (2000)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia prolixa (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia prosartema
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 32(2): 68 (1981)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia prosartema (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia pteroglossa
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 7: 81 (1920)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia wageneriana var. colombiana Braas; Orquideologia 12(1): 27 (1977)
= Masdevallia wageneriana var. pteroglossa (Schltr.) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 33(4): 148 (1982)
= Masdevallia xerophila F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 431 (1921)
species :
Masdevallia pulcherrima
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 47(2): 66 (1980)
Distribution: W-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha pulcherrima (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia pumila
Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 2: 6 (1837)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Putumayo); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia filamentosa Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 105 (1925)
= Masdevallia grandiflora C.Schweinf.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 15: 26 (1951)
species :
Masdevallia purocafeana
Monteros & Baquero; Phytotaxa 547(3): 224 (2022)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia purpurella
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 15 (23): 136 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Santander)
82 CLM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Masdevallia purpurina
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 9: 61 (1921)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Remarks: Status uncertain, probable syn. of M. amabilis
species :
Masdevallia pyknosepala
Luer & Cloes; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 82 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXI): 489 (2000)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama pyknosepala (Luer & Cloes) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia pyxis
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 226 (1978)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia pyxis (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia quasimodo
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 50 (1993)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia racemosa
Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 256 (1845)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia racemosa var. crossii Anon.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 20: 691 (1883)
= Spectaculum racemosum (Lindl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia rafaeliana
Luer; Selbyana 5(2): 149 (1979)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha rafaeliana (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia receptrix
Luer & R.Vásquez; Phytologia 54(5): 383 (1983)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia receptrix (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia recurvata
Luer & Dalström; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64 [Icon. Pleurothallid. XV]: 132 (1997)
Distribution: N-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia recurvata (Luer & Dalström) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia regina
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVI): 113 (1998)
Distribution: NC-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia regina (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia reichenbachiana
Endrés ex Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 4: 257 (1875)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia funebris Endrés ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 435 (1921)
= Masdevallia normannii Anon.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 16: 230 (1881)
= Masdevallia reichenbachiana var. aurantiaca Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 20: 360 (1883)
= Masdevallia reichenbachiana var. funebris (Endrés ex Kraenzl.) Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 83 (1925)
= Reichantha reichenbachiana (Endrés ex Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia renzii
Luer; Lindleyana 10(4): 232 (1995)
Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia repanda
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 659a (2002)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia replicata
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 36(2): 82 (1985)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia revoluta
Königer & J.Portilla; Arcula 2: 40 (1994)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia revoluta (Königer & J.Portilla) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia rex
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 4(3): 122 (1989)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
species :
Masdevallia rhinophora
Luer & R.Escobar; Lindleyana 10(2): 126 (1995)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia rhodehameliana
Luer; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 62(11): 1166 (1993)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia richardsoniana
Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 55 (1988)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia richardsoniana (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ricii
Luer & R.Vásquez; Novon 2(1): 9 (1992)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia rigens
Luer; Selbyana 5(2): 150 (1979)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella rigens (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Masdevallia stercorea Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 31(5): 183 (1980) [fide Luer (in litt.)]
species :
Masdevallia rimarima-alba
Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 466 (1979)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia robineae
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 15(2): 145 (2015)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia robusta
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 113 (1998)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia robusta (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia rodolfoi
(Braas) Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 227 (1978)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia wageneriana var. rodolfoi Braas; Orquideologia 12(1): 23 (1977)
species :
Masdevallia roessigeriana
A.Doucette, J.Portilla & G.Merino; Orchids (West Palm Beach) 84(8): 503 (2015)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia rojohnii
(Luer) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 76 (2014)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia rojohnii Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 127 (2007)
= Masdevallia rojohnii (Luer) Pfahl & A.Doucette; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 1 (2014), isonym
species :
Masdevallia rolandorum
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 165a (2003)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia rolandorum (Luer & Sijm) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia rolfeana
Kraenzl.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1891(I): 488 (1891)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha rolfeana (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia rosacea
Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(2): 358 (2012)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia rosea
Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 257 (1845)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Coccineae
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia echinata Luer & Andreetta; Selbyana 2(4): 371 (1978)
= Masdevallia rosea subsp. echinata (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 59 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia roseogena
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 15(2): 146 (2015)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia roseola
Luer; Phytologia 47(2): 67 (1980)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia royi
(Luer) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 76 (2014)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia royi Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 261 (plate 675, map) (2006)
= Masdevallia royi (Luer) Pfahl; Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 2 (2014), isonym
species :
Masdevallia rubeola
Luer & R.Vásquez; Novon 1(4): 170 (1991)
Distribution: C-Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
species :
Masdevallia rubiginosa
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 31(5): 178 (1980)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes
species :
Masdevallia rubileoixchelorum
D.Gut.del Pozo, M.M.Jiménez & Vélez-Abarca; Phytotaxa 552: 192 (2022)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia rufescens
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 37(3): 110 (1986)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia neglecta Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 42(1): 8 (1991)
species :
Masdevallia rugosilabia
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 13(3): 256 (2014)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia rugulosa
Königer; Arcula 14: 351 (2003)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia ruizii
Luer & Dalström; Selbyana 27(1): 20 (2006)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia ruthiana
(Luer & Sijm) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 76 (2014)
Distribution: Peru (Junin)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa ruthiana Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 16(2): 348, fig. 46 (2011)
species :
Masdevallia saltatrix
Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 10 (1876)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia sanchezii
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 47(2): 68 (1980)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama sanchezii (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia sanctae-fidei
Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 414 (1921)
Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Meta, Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Tachira)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia sanctae-fidei (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia dispar Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 458 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia sanctae-inesae
Luer & Malo; Phytologia 39(4): 228 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Masdevallia sanctae-rosae
Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 102 (1925)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella sanctae-rosae (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
= Pleurothallis sanctae-rosae (Kraenzl.) Garay; Orquideologia 4: 17 (1969)
species :
Masdevallia sandhageniana
Dalström; OrchideenJ. 26(2): 59 (2019)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia sanguinea
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 47(2): 69 (1980)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia sanguinea (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia scalpellifera
Luer; Harvard Pap. Bot. 2(1): 60 (1997)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama scalpellifera (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia scandens
Rolfe; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 453 (1907)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia buchtienii Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 450 (1912)
species :
Masdevallia sceptrum
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 283 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Norte de Santander, Santander); Venezuela (Tachira)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia rechingeriana (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Alaticaulia sceptrum (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia rechingeriana Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 424 (1921)
= Masdevallia schlimii var. sceptrum (Rchb.f.) Woolward; Masdevallia sect. 8 (1890)
= Masdevallia urostachya Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 17: 765 (1882)
species :
Masdevallia schildhaueri
Königer; Arcula 2: 42 (1994)
Distribution: Venezuela (Tachira)
82 VEN
species :
Masdevallia schizantha
Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 134 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia schizopetala
Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 101 (1925)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Caldas, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca); Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala schizopetala (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Masdevallia morenoi Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 213 (1978)
species :
Masdevallia schizostigma
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 113 (1998)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama schizostigma (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia schlimii
Linden ex Lindl.; Orchid. Linden. 5 (1846)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander); NW-Venezuela (Merida, Tachira, Trujillo)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia schlimii (Linden ex Lindl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia polyantha Lindl.; Orchid. Linden. 6 (1846)
= Masdevallia schlimii var. polyantha (Lindl.) Woolward; Masdevallia sect. 8 (1890)
species :
Masdevallia schmidt-mummii
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 96 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia schoonenii
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 53 (1993)
Distribution: N-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia schroederiana
Sander ex Veitch; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1890(II): 51 (1890)
Distribution: C-Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia schroederae Boos; Gartenflora 80: 13 (1931)
= Reichantha schroederiana (H.J.Veitch) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia schudelii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 152 (1999)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia schudelii (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia scitula
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 32(2): 68 (1981)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia scitula (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia scobina
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 7(1): 75 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia scobina (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia scopaea
Luer & R.Vásquez; Phytologia 55(3): 199 (1984)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama scopaea (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia segrex
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 1169 (2003)
Distribution: NC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha segrex (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia segurae
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 100 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa segurae (Luer & R.Escobar) Braas; Orchidee (Hamburg) 30(6): 219 (1979)
species :
Masdevallia selenites
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 31(3): 119 (1980)
Distribution: SC-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia sellentiniana
Vierling & W.Zimm.bis; OrchideenJ. 26(3): 107 (2019)
Distribution: cult. (origin unknown)
Error
species :
Masdevallia semiteres
Luer & R.Escobar; Selbyana 5(2): 154 (1979)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella semiteres (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia sentinella
Luer & V.N.M.Rao; Harvard Pap. Bot. 16(2): 340, fig. 37 (2011)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia serendipita
Luer & Teague; Lindleyana 8(1): 53 (1993)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia serendipita (Luer & Teague) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia sernae
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(2): 183 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia carolloi (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
= Alaticaulia sernae (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia carolloi Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 46(6): 348 (1980)
species :
Masdevallia sertula
Luer & Andreetta; Novon 1(4): 171 (1991)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha sertula (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia setacea
Luer & Malo; Selbyana 2(4): 379 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NW-Peru
83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
species :
Masdevallia setipes
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 38 (1929)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama setipes (Schltr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia silvanoi
Luer & Dalström; Selbyana 27(1): 24 (2006)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia singeri
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 120: 143 (2010)
Distribution: Peru (Amazonas)
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia siphonantha
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 1033 (2002)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia smallmaniana
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 505a (2002)
Distribution: Panama; Ecuador
80 PAN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama smallmaniana (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
= Masdevallia driesseniana Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 23: 48 (2018)
= Masdevallia rostriflora Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 23: 50 (2018)
species :
Masdevallia soennemarkii
Luer & Dalström; Lindleyana 9(4): 252 (1994)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia solomonii
Luer & R.Vásquez; Lindleyana 3(4): 204 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia sotoana
H.Medina & Pupulin; Lankesteriana 9(3): 455 (2010)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Masdevallia speciosa
Luer; Selbyana 2: 380 (1978)
Distribution: Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe)
83 ECU
Remarks: probably a hybrid
species :
Masdevallia spilantha
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 36(2): 84 (1985)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella spilantha (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia sprucei
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 17 (1878)
Distribution: S-Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia sprucei (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia squamulosa
Vierling; OrchideenJ. 29(1): 18 (2022)
Distribution: Origin unknown (cultivation)
Error
species :
Masdevallia staaliana
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 9(2): 111 (1994)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha staaliana (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia stenorhynchos
Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 130 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia stenorhynchos (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia stigii
Luer & L.Jost; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 895a (2003)
Distribution: EC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia stirpis
Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 122 (1989)
Distribution: N-Venezuela
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia stirpis (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia strattoniana
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 505b (2002)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama strattoniana (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia striatella
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 26: 103 (1886)
Distribution: Costa Rica; W-Panama; Venezuela (Falcon); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
80 COS PAN 82 VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia chloracra Rchb.f.; Flora 69: 560 (1886)
= Masdevallia demissa var. superflua (Kraenzl.) Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 80 (1925)
= Masdevallia superflua Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 414 (1921)
= Reichantha striatella (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia strigosa
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 41(4): 142 (1990)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella strigosa (Königer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia strobelii
H.R.Sweet & Garay; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 35: 377 (1966)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Masdevallia strumifera
Rchb.f.; Flora 69: 560 (1886)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Norte de Santander); NW-Venezuela (Tachira); Ecuador
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia chrysochaete F.Lehm.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 452 (1899)
= Masdevallia maxillariiformis F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 433 (1921)
species :
Masdevallia strumosa
P.Ortiz & E.Calderón; Orquideologia 22(2): 120 (2002)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia stumpflei
Braas; Orquideologia 13(2): 194 (1979)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia suinii
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 86 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXII): 679 (2001)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia sulphurella
Königer; Arcula 4: 101 (1995)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia sumapazensis
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(3): 223 (1981)
Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella sumapazensis (P.Ortiz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia superbiens
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 299 (2005)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha superbiens (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia sururuana
Campacci; Bol. CAOB 59: 92 (2005)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Masdevallia synthesis
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 55 (1993)
Distribution: N-Venezuela (Aragua)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia synthesis (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia tatianae
Dalström & Ruíz Pérez; Lankesteriana 16(3): 367 (2016)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia teaguei
Luer; Selbyana 2(4): 381 (1978)
Distribution: C-Ecuador; S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Synonyms: hidden
= Jostia teaguei (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 2 (2000)
= Masdevallia braasii H.Mohr; Orchidee (Hamburg) 35(2): 64 (1984)
species :
Masdevallia telloi
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 103 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVII): 301 (2005)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia telloi (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia tentaculata
Luer; Selbyana 7(1): 112 (1982)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha tentaculata (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia terborchii
Luer; Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 3 (1-2): 41 (2001)
Distribution: S-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia theleura
Luer; Phytologia 47(2): 70 (1980)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia theleura (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia thienii
Dodson; Selbyana 2(1): 54 (1977)
Distribution: Costa Rica; W-Panama; NW-Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó); C-Ecuador
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia thienii (Dodson) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 118 (2007)
= Reichantha thienii (Dodson) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia tinekeae
Luer & R.Vásquez; Lindleyana 3(4): 207 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia titan
Luer; Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 6 (1996)
Distribution: NC-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia titan (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia tokachiorum
Luer; Lindleyana 6(2): 90 (1991)
Distribution: W-Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala tokachiorum (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Reichantha tokachiorum (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIX): 121 (2007)
species :
Masdevallia tonduzii
Woolward; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 82 (1906)
Distribution: E-Costa Rica; W-Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha tonduzii (Woolward) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia tonii
Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 18(2): 182, fig. 12 (2013)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia tonsijmii
(Luer) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 122 (1308): 76 (2014)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha tonsijmii Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 115 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXX): 241 (2009)
species :
Masdevallia torta
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 19: 110 (1883)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella torta (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia tovarensis
Rchb.f.; Linnaea 22: 818 (1850)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Miranda)
82 VEN
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia tovarensis (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia candida Klotzsch & Karst. ex Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 23 (1854)
species :
Masdevallia trautmanniana
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 153 (1999)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection
species :
Masdevallia triangularis
Lindl.; Orchid. Linden. 5 (1846)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander); N-Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda); S-Ecuador
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
species :
Masdevallia tricallosa
Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 42(1): 10 (1991)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia tricycla
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 971 (2002)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Oscillantes. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia tridens
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 13 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle del Cauca); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia jubar Luer & Malo; Phytologia 42(5): 464 (1979)
= Spilotantha tridens (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia trifurcata
Luer; Lindleyana 9(4): 252 (1994)
Distribution: SE-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Luzama trifurcata (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 10 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia trigonopetala
Kraenzl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 105 (1925)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo); S-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia trochilus
Linden & André; Gard. Chron. 1873: 711 (1873), Ill. Hort. 21: 136, t. 180 (1874)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia acrochordonia (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 4 (2006)
= Alaticaulia trochilus (Linden & André) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia acrochordonia Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 213 (1874), et Gard. Chron., n. s. 26: 526 (1886) (acrochorodonia)
= Masdevallia colibri Burb.; Florist & Pomol. 1873: 3 (1873), nom. inval.
= Masdevallia ephippium Rchb.f.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 31: 390 (1873)
= Masdevallia ephippium var. acrochordonia (Rchb.f.) Woolward; Masdevallia sect. 8 (1889)
species :
Masdevallia truncata
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 55 (1993)
Distribution: SC-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia tsubotae
Luer; Lindleyana 9(2): 114 (1994)
Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Risaralda)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia tsubotae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia tubata
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 39 (1929)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia tubuliflora
Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 265 (1908)
Distribution: Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala tubuliflora (Ames) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Masdevallia ecaudata Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 384 (1918)
species :
Masdevallia tubulosa
Lindl.; Orchid. Linden. 4 (1846)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Norte de Santander, Santander); Venezuela (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Tachira); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia casta Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 128 (1922)
= Masdevallia stenantha F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 455 (1899)
= Masdevallia syringodes Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 42(5): 467 (1979)
= Masdevallia tubulosa subsp. syringodes (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16 (Icon. Pleurothallid. II): 38 (1986)
species :
Masdevallia uncifera
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 16 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Nariño, Putumayo); N-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia chrysoneura F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 453 (1899)
= Masdevallia flaccida Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 425 (1921)
= Masdevallia pastensis Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 424 (1921)
species :
Masdevallia unguentum
A.Doucette; Phytotaxa 48: 34 (-37; figs. 1-2) (2012)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia uniflora
Ruiz & Pav.; Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 1: 238 (1798)
Distribution: C-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia urceolaris
Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 132 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia kalbreyeri Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 169 (1925)
species :
Masdevallia ustulata
Luer; Phytologia 54(5): 384 (1983)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo, Santander); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Remarks: subsect. Masdevallia
species :
Masdevallia utriculata
Luer; Phytologia 44(3): 169 (1979)
Distribution: W-Panama
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Regalia utriculata (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 12 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia valenciae
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 16(3): 36 (1986)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia vargasii
C.Schweinf.; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 19: 34 (1950)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo, Vaupés); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia vargasii (C.Schweinf.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia megaloglossa Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 15 (23): 134 (1982)
= Masdevallia richteri Pabst; Bradea 2(10): 51 (1975)
species :
Masdevallia vasquezii
Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 352 (1980)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Masdevallia veitchiana
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1868: 814 (1868), et ex Bot. Mag. t. 5739 (1868)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Masdevallia velella
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 367a (2002)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella velella (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia velifera
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 1: 406 (1874), nomen, et Gard. Chron., n. s. 2: 98 (1874)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Byrsella velifera (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 8 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia venatoria
Luer & Malo; Phytologia 54(5): 384 (1983)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
species :
Masdevallia venezuelana
H.R.Sweet; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 26(1): 47 (1978)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo); N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Triotosiphon venezuelana (H.R.Sweet) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 16 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ventricosa
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 120 (1915)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccella ventricosa (Schltr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 7 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ventricularia
Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 14 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); N-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Saltatrices
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia ventricularia var. brevicaudata Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 34: 19 (1925)
species :
Masdevallia venus
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 125 (2000)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia venus (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia venusta
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 9: 62 (1921)
Distribution: Peru (Cajamarca, Ancash)
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia verecunda
Luer; Phytologia 42(5): 469 (1979)
Distribution: N-Venezuela
82 VEN
species :
Masdevallia vexillifera
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 58 (1993)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia vidua
Luer & Andreetta; Lindleyana 3(4): 207 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Megema vidua (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia vieirana
Luer & R.Escobar; Lindleyana 3(4): 211 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Zahleria vieirana (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 17 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia vierlingii
Königer; Arcula 20: 442 (2010)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia vilcabambensis
L.Valenz. & E.Suclli; Lankesteriana 8(1): 17 (2008)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia villegasii
Königer; Arcula 9: 253 (1999)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia virens
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 47(2): 71 (1980)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia virens (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia virgo-cuencae
Luer & Andreetta; Phytologia 39(4): 232 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia; S-Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia virgo-cuencae (Luer & Andreetta) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia orchipayanensium P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 23(2): 73 (-78) (2004)
species :
Masdevallia virgo-rosea
Buitr.-Delg., N.Peláez & Gary Mey.; Orquideologia 26(1): 43 (2009)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia vittatula
Luer & R.Escobar; Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 10 (1996)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia biflora Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 11: 306 (1890 publ. 1891), nom. illeg.
= Spilotantha vittatula (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia vomeris
Luer; Harvard Pap. Bot. 2(1): 64 (1997)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia vomeris (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia wageneriana
Linden ex Lindl.; Paxton´s Fl. Gard. 3: 74 (1852)
Distribution: NW-Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda)
82 VEN
species :
Masdevallia walteri
Luer; Selbyana 5(2): 151 (1979)
Distribution: +Costa Rica
80 COS
Conservation Status: IUCN Ex/E
Synonyms: hidden
= Reichantha walteri (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 13 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia wamachukorum
Dalström; OrchideenJ. 20(Heft 3): 125, figs. 1-4 (2013)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia weberbaueri
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 9: 62 (1921)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NE-Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia weberbaueri (Schltr.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
= Masdevallia moyobambae Königer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 31(3): 116 (1980)
species :
Masdevallia welischii
Luer; Selbyana 5(2): 152 (1979)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia wendlandiana
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1: 174 (1887)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Acinopetala wendlandiana (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 3 (2006)
= Masdevallia rodrigueziana Mansf.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 379 (1928)
= Masdevallia ulei Schltr.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 122 (1914)
= Masdevallia yauaperyensis Barb.Rodr.; Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 121 (1891)
species :
Masdevallia wetzelii
Luer & Sijm; Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(2): 358 (2012)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia whiteana
Luer; Phytologia 39(4): 234 (1978)
Distribution: S-Ecuador; NE-Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia whiteana (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia wuelfinghoffiana
Luer & J.Portilla; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 153 (1999)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia wuellneri
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 24(1): 4 (-5, 17) (2005)
Distribution: Colombia (Tolima)
82 CLM
species :
Masdevallia wuerstlei
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVIII): 154 (1999)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia wuerstlei (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia wurdackii
C.Schweinf.; Fieldiana, Bot. 33: 17 (1970)
Distribution: NW-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia xanthina
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 13: 681 (1880)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia estradae var. xanthina (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent; Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J.Veitch] 5: 42 (1889)
= Masdevallia pallida (Woolward) Luer; Selbyana 2(4): 377 (1978)
= Masdevallia xanthina subsp. pallida (Woolward) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 64 (1988)
= Masdevallia xanthina var. pallida Woolward; Masdevallia, t. 82 (1896)
species :
Masdevallia xanthodactyla
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 8: 552 (1877)
Distribution: SW-Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha xanthodactyla (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ximenae
Luer & Hirtz; Novon 1(4): 171 (1991)
Distribution: N-Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Rodrigoa ximenae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 14 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia xylina
Rchb.f.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 31: 390 (1873)
Distribution: Colombia (Magdalena); ?Peru
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia xylina (Rchb.f.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia yungasensis
T.Hashim.; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo B, 4(1): 7 (1978)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia calocodon Luer & R.Vásquez; Selbyana 5 (34): 391 (1981)
= Masdevallia yungasensis subsp. calocodon (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer; Lindleyana 3(1): 70 (1988)
species :
Masdevallia zahlbruckneri
Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 413 (1921)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Ecuador; Bolivia (Cochabamba)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia humilis Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 350 (1980)
= Zahleria zahlbruckneri (Kraenzl.) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 17 (2006)
= Zahleria zahlbruckneri (Kraenzl.) Luer ex Kolan. & Szlach.; Orchids Dept. Valle del Cauca 3: 413 (2014), isonym
= Zahleria zahlbruckneri (Kraenzl.) Luer; Fl. Mesoamer. 7(2): 545 (2023), isonym
species :
Masdevallia zamorensis
Luer & J.Portilla; Selbyana 22: 116 (2001)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: subsect. Caudatae. Known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
species :
Masdevallia zapatae
Luer & R.Escobar; Novon 1(4): 175 (1991)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Petalodon zapatae (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 11 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia zebracea
Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 126 (1989)
Distribution: N-Peru
83 PER
species :
Masdevallia zongoensis
Luer & Hirtz; Lindleyana 10(4): 235 (1995)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Masdevallia zumbae
Luer; Lindleyana 8(1): 61 (1993)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia zumbae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia zumbuehlerae
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIII): 263a (2002)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: known only from original collection, survives in cultivation
Synonyms: hidden
= Alaticaulia zumbuehlerae (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 6 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia zygia
Luer & Malo; Selbyana 5 (34): 395 (1981)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha zygia (Luer & Malo) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ×alvaroi
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 13(1): 47 (1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Remarks: Masdevallia amanda x M picturata
Synonyms: hidden
= Spilotantha alvaroi (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 15 (2006)
species :
Masdevallia ×kareliae
Oakeley; J. Orchid Soc. Gr. Brit. 59(1): 6 (2010)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Remarks: Masdevallia rimarima-alba x M. uniflora
species :
Masdevallia ×ligiae
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 15 (23): 131 (1982)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Remarks: Masdevallia ventricularia x ?
species :
Masdevallia ×monicana
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVII): 111 (1998)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: hybrid fide Luer (in litt. 2001)
species :
Masdevallia ×mystica
Luer; Lindleyana 4(3): 119 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia; Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Remarks: Masdevallia filaria x ?
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia ×velox Königer; Arcula 3: 70 (1995)
species :
Masdevallia ×polita
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 82 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXI): 419 (2000)
Distribution: cult.
Error
species :
Masdevallia ×senghasiana
Luer; Lindleyana 9(4): 248 (1994)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
Remarks: hybrid fide Luer (in litt. 2001)
species :
Masdevallia ×splendida
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 9: 493 (1878)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Remarks: Masdevallia barlaeana x M. veitchiana
Synonyms: hidden
= Masdevallia splendida var. parlatoreana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent; Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J.Veitch] 5: 73 (1889)
= Masdevallia ×parlatoreana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 11: 172 (1879)
species :
Masdevallia ×strumella
Luer; Schlechteriana 1(2): 9 (1988)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
Remarks: Masdevallia strumifera x M. tubulosa
species :
Masdevallia ×urbanae
Archila, Lipinska & Szlach.; Diversity (Basel) 13(3)-108: 5 (2021)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
Remarks: Masdevallia floribunda x M. tuerckheimii
species :
Masdevallia ×wubbenii
Luer; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 56(11): 1141 (1987)
Distribution: N-Venezuela
82 VEN
Remarks: Masdevallia triangularis x M. wageneriana
