Rhynchostele is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America and Venezuela.[2][3][4]The genus name is abbreviated as Rst. in the horticultural trade.
| Rhynchostele | |
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| 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. (1852)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhynchostele pygmaea (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
At the present time (May 2014), 19 species are accepted.[2][5][6]
- Rhynchostele aptera (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Durango to Oaxaca
- Rhynchostele bictoniensis (Bateman) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Oaxaca to Panama
- Rhynchostele candidula (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
- Rhynchostele cervantesii (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
- Rhynchostele cordata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Puebla to Costa Rica, plus Venezuela
- Rhynchostele ehrenbergii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Hidalgo to Oaxaca
- Rhynchostele galeottiana (A.Rich.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
- Rhynchostele hortensiae (R.L.Rodr.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Costa Rica
- Rhynchostele × humeana (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
- Rhynchostele londesboroughiana (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Guerrero
- Rhynchostele maculata (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
- Rhynchostele maculata subsp. maculata - Oaxaca
- Rhynchostele maculata subsp. oestlundiana (L.O.Williams) Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez - from Veracruz to Costa Rica
- Rhynchostele maculata f. perotensis Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez - Veracruz, Puebla
- Rhynchostele madrensis (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
- Rhynchostele majalis (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Tabasco to Guatemala
- Rhynchostele oscarii Archila - Guatemala
- Rhynchostele pygmaea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Guatemala and Chiapas
- Rhynchostele rossii (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Querétaro to Nicaragua
- Rhynchostele stellata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Chiapas to Costa Rica, plus Venezuela
- Rhynchostele uroskinneri (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Guatemala and Chiapas
- Rhynchostele × vexativa (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - collected somewhere in Mexico c 1875, now probably extinct
See also
- List of Orchidaceae genera
- × Oncostele, a hybrid genus with at least one Rhynchostele ancestor
References
- 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
