''Spilotantha'' is a genus proposed by Carlyle Luer; however, the genus lacks a clear synapomorphy and it is equivalent to '' Masdevallia''

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Morphology

* large or small plants the ramicauls are shorter than the coriaceous leaves * an erect raceme with keeled or crested ovaries usually possessing inflated floral bracts * species exhibit a series of simultaneously blooming flowers borne by a peduncle with a round cross-section * sepals are usually long-tailed and variously connected into a shallow cup or arching cylindrical tube * petals are callous on the lower half and are often denticulate along the margins * the lip is usually divided by marginal folds

Species

*'' Spilotantha abbreviata'' (Rchb.f.) Luer *'' Spilotantha alvaroi'' (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer *'' Spilotantha amanda'' (Rehb.f. & Warsz.) Luer *'' Spilotantha anceps'' (Luer & Hirtz) Luer *'' Spilotantha bulbophyllopsis'' (Kraenzl.) Luer *'' Spilotantha caloptera'' (Rchb.f.) Luer *'' Spilotantha chaetostoma'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha corazonica'' (Schltr.) Luer *'' Spilotantha dalstroemii'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha delphina'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha densiflora'' (Schltr.) Luer *'' Spilotantha dimorphtricha'' (Luer & Hirtz) Luer *'' Spilotantha ferrusii'' Luer *'' Spilotantha graminea'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha hydrae'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha leathersii'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha lehmannii'' (Rchb.f.) Luer *'' Spilotantha leptoura'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha melanopus'' (Rchb.f.) Luer *'' Spilotantha microsiphon'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha ova-avis'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha pachyura'' (Rchb.f.) Luer *'' Spilotantha polysticta'' (Rchb.f.) Luer *'' Spilotantha porphyrea'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha pozoi'' (Königer) Luer *'' Spilotantha pucherrima'' (Luer & Andreetta) Luer *'' Spilotantha rafaeliana'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha segrex'' (Luer & Hirtz) Luer *'' Spilotantha sertula'' (Luer & Andreetta) Luer *'' Spilotantha staaliana'' (Luer & Hirtz) Luer *'' Spilotantha superbiens'' (Luer & Hirtz) Luer *'' Spilotantha tentaculata'' (Luer) Luer *'' Spilotantha tridens'' (Rchb.f.) Luer *'' Spilotantha vittatula'' (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer *'' Spilotantha xanthodactyla'' (Rchb.f.) Luer *'' Spilotantha zygia'' (Luer & Malo) Luer

References

Missouri Botanical Garden w³ TROPICOS
Epidendreae genera Pleurothallidinae {{Epidendreae-stub