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Rhynchostele
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Rhynchostele cordata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Rhynchostele
Rchb.f. (1852)
Type species
Rhynchostele pygmaea
(Lindl.) Rchb. f.
Species

See text
Synonyms
  • Amparoa Schltr.
  • Mesoglossum Halb.
  • Cymbiglossum Halb.
  • Lemboglossum Halb.

Rhynchostele is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America and Venezuela. The genus name is abbreviated as Rst. in the horticultural trade.

Species

At the present time (May 2014), 19 species are accepted.

  1. Rhynchostele aptera (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Durango to Oaxaca
  2. Rhynchostele bictoniensis (Bateman) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Oaxaca to Panama
  3. Rhynchostele candidula (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
  4. Rhynchostele cervantesii (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
    1. Rhynchostele cervantesii subsp. cervantesii - Oaxaca
    2. Rhynchostele cervantesii subsp. halbingeriana Soto Arenas & Hágsater - Oaxaca
    3. Rhynchostele cervantesii subsp. membranacea (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
  5. Rhynchostele cordata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Puebla to Costa Rica, plus Venezuela
  6. Rhynchostele ehrenbergii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Hidalgo to Oaxaca
  7. Rhynchostele galeottiana (A.Rich.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
  8. Rhynchostele hortensiae (R.L.Rodr.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Costa Rica
  9. Rhynchostele × humeana (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
  10. Rhynchostele londesboroughiana (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Guerrero
  11. Rhynchostele maculata (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
    1. Rhynchostele maculata subsp. maculata - Oaxaca
    2. Rhynchostele maculata subsp. oestlundiana (L.O.Williams) Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez - from Veracruz to Costa Rica
    3. Rhynchostele maculata f. perotensis Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez - Veracruz, Puebla
  12. Rhynchostele madrensis (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
  13. Rhynchostele majalis (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Tabasco to Guatemala
  14. Rhynchostele oscarii Archila - Guatemala
  15. Rhynchostele pygmaea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Guatemala and Chiapas
  16. Rhynchostele rossii (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Querétaro to Nicaragua
  17. Rhynchostele stellata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Chiapas to Costa Rica, plus Venezuela
  18. Rhynchostele uroskinneri (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Guatemala and Chiapas
  19. Rhynchostele × vexativa (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - collected somewhere in Mexico c 1875, now probably extinct

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Rhynchostele para niños

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