Pabstiella is a small orchid

Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...

 genus belonging to the subfamily Epidendroideae

Epidendroideae

In plant systematics Epidendroideae is a subfamily of the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Epidendroideae is larger than all the other orchid subfamilies together, comprising more than 15,000 species in 576 genera. Most Epidendroid orchids are tropical epiphytes, typically with pseudobulbs...

. They occur in Central and Tropical America.

While the "Checklist of Monocotyledons" of Kew Botanical Gardens (2005) considers Pabstiella as an accepted name, it is considered a synonym of Pleurothallis by the Vascular plant families and genera (R.K. Brummitt, 1992). The synonym Anthereon Pridgeon & M. W. Chase is a nom. illeg. because it includes the type of the earlier accepted name Pabstiella

Species

• Pabstiella aryter (Luer) F.Barros (synonym Pleurothallis aryter)
• Pabstiella determannii (Luer) F.Barros (synonym Pleurothallis determannii)
• Pabstiella mirabilis (Schltr.) Brieger & Senghas (type genus) (synonym Pleurothallis mirabilis)
• Pabstiella syringodes (Luer) F.Barros (synonym Pleurothallis syringodes)
• Pabstiella tripterantha (Rchb.f.) F.Barros (synonym Pleurothallis tripterantha)
• Pabstiella yauaperyensis (Barb. Rodr.) F. Barros (synonym Lepanthes yauaperyensis)