| Name | Pleurothallis schaferi Ames |
| Authorship | Ames |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Pleurothallis R. Brown |
| Remarks | Ames cited the type collector as "J. A. Schafer" (= J. A. Shafer) and spelled the epithet as "schaferi." The liberty of correcting the 1st syllable is to be used with reserve (vide Vienna Code Art. 60.3 & Ex. 7). |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:203535-2 |
| Citation | 1922 Orchidaceae (Ames) 7: 119 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Pleurothallis schaferi Ames |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1944 (1), 1998 (1), 2011 (1) |