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Porroglossum mordax (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet

This species name was first published in Orquideologia 5: 166 (1970)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000281066.

Synonyms of Porroglossum mordax (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lothiania mordax (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 75: 173 (1924) wfo-0000230688
Masdevallia colombiana (Schltr.) P.H.Allen Revista Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellín Univ. Antioquia 8(32): 421 (1948) wfo-0000237034
Masdevallia mordax Rchb.f. Flora 69: 559 (1886) wfo-0000237408
Porroglossum colombianum Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 83 (1920) wfo-0000281051
Scaphosepalum antioquiense Kraenzl. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 135 (1922) wfo-0000305244