Brachystele

Brachystele
1837 illustration Edwards's Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Spiranthinae
Genus:	Brachystele Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
Diskyphogyne Szlach. & R.González

Brachystele is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 20 species native primarily to South America but with a few species in Mexico, Central America, and Trinidad & Tobago.^[1]

1. (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
2. Szlach.
3. (Lindl.) Schltr.
4. M.N.Correa
5. (Lindl.) Schltr.
6. (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
7. (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
8. (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
9. (Lindl.) Schltr.
10. Brachystele guayanensis (Lindl.) Schltr.
11. Szlach. & R.González
12. Szlach.
13. Szlach
14. Szlach
15. Szlach
16. (Cogn.) Schltr
17. Brachystele tamayoana Szlach.
18. (Poir.) Schltr
19. Szlach.
20. (Rchb.f.) Schltr.

See also[]

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References[]

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. 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 Brachystele at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Brachystele at Wikispecies

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