Cischweinfia pusilla (C.Schweinf.) Dressler & N.H.Williams, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 39: 992. 1970.

Bas.: Aspasia pusilla C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 21. 1941.

TYPE: Panama. Darien Province: Chepigan a District, Cana Cuasi Trail (Camp 2) , epiphyte "4 to 8 inches high ", at 2000 feet altitude , "outer petals greenish-yellow, maroon spot at base; lip white or yellow centrally gamboge, marked with maroon ", March 11, 1940, M.E . & R .A. Terry 1502 (holotype, AMES; isotypes, AMES, F, MO; illustration of type).

 

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Trichopilia pusilla (C.Schweinf.) Garay, Orquideologia 5: 20. 1970.

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cischweinfia sheehaniae Christenson, Orchids (West Palm Beach) 72: 126. 2003.

TYPE: Hort. Andy's Orchids (2553): Panama and Colombia, but may also occur in Costa Rica, Christenson 2057 (holotype, NY).