Platystele

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Platystele
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Platystele
Schltr. (1910)
Species [1]

123; see text

Synonyms [1]

Rubellia(Luer) Luer (2004)

Platystele is a genus of orchids, comprising 123 species. [1] Most of these have small flowers, some of the smallest in the family. The genus is widespread across Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and South America as far south as Bolivia, but infrequent in Brazil. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Selected species

123 species are accepted. [1] They include:

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  4. Triphora debilis(Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
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  19. Triphora yucatanensisAmes - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula
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  2. Pausandra hirsutaLanj. - Peru, Brazil, Bolivia (Pando), Colombia (Amazonas)
  3. Pausandra macropetalaDucke - Brazil, Peru (Loreto), Venezuela (Amazonas)
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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Platystele Schltr. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  4. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. ↑ Luer, C. A. 1990. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–VII. Systematics of Platystele (Orchidaceae). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 38: 1–135.
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