Nomenclatural notes in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae): Phloeophila

Two of us found some years ago that Phloeophila nummularia , type species of the genus Phloeophila , was placed in a molecular phylogentic study in Pabstiella . In this article, we show with the inclusion of new sequences of Phloeophila that this result was not correct. Phloeophila forms a unique clade in Pleurothallidinae and is not closely related to Pabstiella . In addition, the exclusion of three species, one transferred to Dryadella and two others to Acianthera , is proposed.