2. Aspidogyne argentea (Vell.) Garay

, Bradea 2(28): 203. 1977.

Terricolous herb. Leaves six, petiolate, distributed along the caulome; blade green with white veins, immaculate, membranaceous, flat, convolute, slightly ovate to lanceolate, reticulate-veined, apex acuminate. Inflorescence in raceme, terminal, multiflowered, pilose. Flowers resupinate, calcarate; sepals and petals white with brown macules; lip white, lobed (subdivided into hypochile, mesochile and epichile).

Distribution: Paraguay and Brazil, where it occurs in the Atlantic Forest, Caatinga and Cerrado domains (Govaerts et al. c2020, Meneguzzo c2020a).

Specimen examined: S.d. (fl), L.J.T. Cardoso 872 (RB).