Taxonomic Transfer of Fernandezia pastorelliae (Orchidaceae) to Orchidotypus

Abstract

After years of confusion about the invalid name Pachyphyllum aurorae D. E. Benn. & Christenson and two invalid nomenclatural transfers of this name to other genera, a valid name, Fernandezia pastorelliae D. Trujillo, was published in 2014. Because generic classification of the species is not in accordance with morphological data, we here transfer F. pastorelliae to Orchidotypus Kraenzl.