The New Refugium Botanicum. Specklinia pfavii

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Specklinia pfavii (Rchb.f.) Pupulin and Karremans, Phytotaxa 63: 8. 2012. Basionym: Pleurothallis pfavii Reichenbach (1886:555). TYPE: [Costa Rica or Panama]. Chiriquí, R. Pfau. s.n. (holotype, W). Synonyms: Masdevallia platyrachis Rolfe, Gard. Chron. 4(86):178–179. 1888. Pleurothallis platyrachis (Rolfe) Rolfe J. Bot. 28:136. 1890, comb. inval. Pleurothallis platyrachis (Rolfe) Rolfe ex Hooker f. Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 116: sub pl. 7129. 1890. Kraenzlinella platyrachis (Rolfe) Rolfe Orchid Rev. 23:326. 1915. TYPE: Costa Rica: “The plant was imported from Costa Rica by Mr. Shuttleworth, and sent to Kew in 1884, in which year a scape was produced. It has now become fully established and is bearing several scapes, the first flower having recently expanded”, E. Shuttleworth s.n. (holotype, K).