''Anathallis angustilabia'' is a species of plant in the

Orchidaceae 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. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

family.

Distribution

It is endemic to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Description

''Anathallis angustilabia'' is found in forests at elevations of 800 to 2500 meters. It is an epiphyte that blooms in late winter to early spring.

Taxonomy

It was named by

Alec Melton Pridgeon Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a diminutive of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People *Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat * Alec Acton (1938– ...

, and

Mark Wayne Chase Mark Wayne Chase (born 1951) is a US-born British botanist. He is noted for work in plant classification and evolution, and one of the instigators of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group-classification for flowering plants which is partly based on DNA ...

in ''Lindleyana'' 16: 247 in 2001.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15498305 Anathallis Plants described in 2001 Flora of Colombia