Rhynchostele

Rhynchostele
Rhynchostele cordata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Rhynchostele Rchb.f. [1] [2]
Type species
Rhynchostele pygmaea (Lindl.) Rchb. f. [3]
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
AmparoaSchltr. CymbiglossumHalb. LemboglossumHalb. MesoglossumHalb.

Rhynchostele is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America and Venezuela. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The genus name is abbreviated as Rst. in the horticultural trade.

Species

As of December 2025 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 17 species and two hybrids: ^[1]

• Rhynchostele aptera (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele bictoniensis (Bateman) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele candidula (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele cervantesii (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele cordata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele ehrenbergii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele galeottiana (A.Rich.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele hortensiae (R.L.Rodr.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele londesboroughiana (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele maculata (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele madrensis (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele majalis (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele oscarii Archila
• Rhynchostele pygmaea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
• Rhynchostele rossii (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele stellata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele ureskinneri (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar

Hybrids

• Rhynchostele × humeana (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
• Rhynchostele × vexativa (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera
• × Oncostele, a hybrid genus with at least one Rhynchostele ancestor

References

1. "Rhynchostele Rchb.f." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
2. Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. 1852. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10(44): 770
3. "Rhynchostele Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 770 (1852)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Soto Arenas, Miguel Angel & Salazar Chávez, Gerardo Adolfo. 1993. Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s. 13(1–2): 150.
6. Hágsater, E. & M. Soto. 2003. Orchids of Mexico. Icones Orchidacearum (Mexico) 5–6: i–xxii, t. 501–t. 700.

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 340 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Rhynchostele at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Rhynchostele at Wikispecies
• Orchidroots.org Rhynchostele Species