Chelonistele Explained

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 - Sarawak
• Chelonistele ingloria (J.J.Sm.) Carr - Borneo
• Chelonistele laetitia-reginae de Vogel - Sarawak
• Chelonistele lamellulifera - NW. Borneo
• Chelonistele lurida Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Borneo
• Chelonistele maximae-reginae - 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

External links

• The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=38827 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Chelonistele Pfitzer Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 February 2022 . en.