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]

(Ames & C.Schweinf.) Carr - Borneo
(J.J.Sm.) Carr - Kalimantan
de Vogel - Sarawak
Schuit. - Sarawak
(J.J.Sm.) Carr - Borneo
de Vogel - Sarawak
Carr - NW. Borneo
Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Borneo
de Vogel, Vugt, M.Perry, E.Winkel & Hoogend. - Sabah
J.J.Wood - Sarawak
Carr - Sarawak, Brunei
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
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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