The New Refugium Botanicum. Leptotes bicolor

Abstract

Leptotes bicolor Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1625. 1833. Syn.: Tetramicra bicolor (Lindl.) Rolfe, Gard. Chron. 1: t. 20. 1883. TYPE: Brazil. Organ Mountains, flowered in cultivation in the “stove” of Mrs. A. Harrison at Aigburth, Liverpool, A. Harrison s.n. (holotype, K). Heterotypic synonyms: Leptotes bicolor var. glaucophylla Hook., Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3734. 1839. Leptotes glaucophylla (Hook.)Hoffmanns., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 833. 1843. TYPE: Brazil. Organ Mountains, flowered in cultivation at the Woburn Gardens, Feb. 1839, G. Gardner s.n. (holotype, K). Leptotes serrulata Lindl., Sert. Orchid. t. 11. 1838. Leptotes bicolor var. serrulata (Lindl.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch 307. 1892. Tetramicra serrulata (Lindl.) G. Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 30. 1887. TYPE: Brazil. Ancient Rocas, on Cedrela trees, December, J.-T. Descourtilz s.n. (holotype, Descourtilz’ drawing, K). Leptotes bicolor var. brevis Rolfe, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 11: 42. 1892. TYPE: Brazil (holotype, ?).