Chelonistele

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

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ 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.
^ "Chelonistele Pfitzer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

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