Chelonistele
Appearance
Chelonistele | |
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Chelonistele sulphurea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Arethuseae |
Subtribe: | Coelogyninae |
Genus: | Chelonistele Kraenzl. |
Synonyms[1] | |
Sigmatochilus Rolfe |
Chelonistele is a genus of the orchid family consisting of 13 currently accepted species. It is native to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.[1] The plant grows as an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid.
The genus name of Anzia is named after Chelone (Greek mythology), a mountain nymph.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer in Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 50 IIB (Heft 32) on page 136 in 1907.
known species
[edit]As accepted as by Plants of the World Online (about 14),[3]
- Chelonistele amplissima (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Carr - Borneo
- Chelonistele brevilamellata (J.J.Sm.) Carr - Kalimantan
- Chelonistele dentifera de Vogel - Sarawak
- Chelonistele devogelii Schuit. - Sarawak
- Chelonistele ingloria (J.J.Sm.) Carr - Borneo
- Chelonistele laetitia-reginae de Vogel - Sarawak
- Chelonistele lamellulifera Carr - NW. Borneo
- Chelonistele lurida Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Borneo
- Chelonistele maximae-reginae de Vogel, Vugt, M.Perry, E.Winkel & Hoogend. - Sabah
- Chelonistele ramentacea J.J.Wood - Sarawak
- Chelonistele richardsii Carr - Sarawak, Brunei
- Chelonistele senagangensis J.J.Wood - Sabah
- Chelonistele sulphurea (Blume) Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)
- Chelonistele sulphurea var. crassifolia (Carr) de Vogel - Sabah
- Chelonistele sulphurea var. sulphurea - Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines
- Chelonistele unguiculata Carr - Sarawak, Brunei
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Chelonistele Pfitzer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
External links
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