| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe | Pleurothallidinae |
| Scientific name | Pleurothallis ruscifolia (Jacquin) R. Brown |
| Synonyms | Dendrobium ruscifolium (Jacquin) Swartz; Epidendrum ruscifolium Jacquin; Humboldtia ruscifolia (Jacquin) Kuntze; Humboldtia succosa Pavón ex Lindley; Humboltia laurifolia (Kunth) Kuntze; Humboltia ruscifolia (Jacquin) Kuntze; Humboltia succosa Pavón ex Lindley; Pleurothallis glomerata Ames; Pleurothallis laurifolia Kunth; Pleurothallis multicaulis Pöppig & Endlicher; Pleurothallis ruscifolia (Jacquin) R. Brown var. caquetana Schlechter; Pleurothallis succosa Lindley |
| Distribution | Trinidad & Tobago, Windwards, Puerto Rico, Leewards, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela |
| Reference | Pleurothallis ruscifolia (Jacq.) R. Br. 1813 |
| Pleurothallis ruscifolia (Jacq.) R.Br. | |
| Pleurothallis ruscifolia (Jacq.) R. Br. |
| January 2009 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
January 2009 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
January 2009 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |