Chelonistele

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Chelonistele
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Chelonistele sulphurea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Coelogyninae
Genus: Chelonistele
Kraenzl.
Synonyms [1]

SigmatochilusRolfe

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.

Contents

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 Das Pflanzenreich (Engler) IV. 50 IIB (Heft 32) on page 136 in 1907.

known species

As accepted as by Plants of the World Online (about 14), [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Chelonistele Pfitzer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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