Genus-level taxonomical changes in the Lepanthes affinity (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) Author Bogarín, Diego Naturalis Biodiversity Center - University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands Author Karremans, Adam P. Naturalis Biodiversity Center - University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands Author Fernández, Melania Herbarium UCH, Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí, Panamá text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-02-23 340 2 128 136 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.340.2.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.340.2.2 1179-3163 13718708 Platystele kayi (Thoerle & Cornejo) Bogarín & Karremans , comb. nov. Basionym: Lepanthopsis kayi Thoerle & Cornejo (2016: 247) . Comments:— This recently described species was placed by the authors in Lepanthopsis . However, the ramicaul much shorter than the long petiolate leaf (vs. ramicaul normally longer than the non-petiolate leaf), bearing tubular sheaths (vs. sheaths lepanthiform), the lip that exceeds the length of sepals (vs. lip shorter than sepals), and the obsolete, truncate rostellum (vs. rostellum conspicuously triangular) are indicative of Platystele Schlechter (1910: 565) , not Lepanthopsis .