''Pabstiella'' is a small

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...

genus belonging to the subfamily

Epidendroideae Epidendroideae is a subfamily of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Epidendroideae is larger than all the other orchid subfamilies together, comprising more than 15,000 species in 576 genera. Most epidendroid orchids are tropical epiphytes ...

. They occur in Central and Tropical America. While the "Checklist of Monocotyledons" of

Kew Botanical Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 ...

(2005) Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press. considers ''Pabstiella'' as an accepted name, it is considered a synonym of ''Pleurothallis'' by the ''Vascular plant families and genera'' (R.K. Brummitt, 1992). The synonym ''Anthereon'' Pridgeon & M. W. Chase is a ''nom. illeg.'' because it includes the type of the earlier accepted name ''Pabstiella''

Species

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Pabstiella aryter ''Pabstiella aryter'' is a species of orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants ...

'' (Luer) F.Barros (synonym ''Pleurothallis aryter'') *'' Pabstiella determannii'' (Luer) F.Barros (synonym ''Pleurothallis determannii'') *'' Pabstiella mirabilis'' (Schltr.) Brieger & Senghas (type genus) (synonym ''Pleurothallis mirabilis'') *'' Pabstiella syringodes'' (Luer) F.Barros (synonym ''Pleurothallis syringodes'') *'' Pabstiella tripterantha'' (Rchb.f.) F.Barros (synonym ''Pleurothallis tripterantha'') *'' Pabstiella yauaperyensis'' (Barb. Rodr.) F. Barros (synonym ''Lepanthes yauaperyensis'')

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7121833 Pleurothallidinae genera