Biology:Chelonistele
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Short description: Genus of orchids
| Chelonistele | |
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| Chelonistele sulphurea | |
Scientific classification 
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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. |
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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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Chelonistele Pfitzer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:29020-1.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q981301 entry
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