Platystele Explained

Platystele is a genus of orchids, comprising 123 species. Most of these have small flowers, some of the smallest in the family. The genus is widespread across Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and South America as far south as Bolivia, but infrequent in Brazil.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Selected species

123 species are accepted. They include:

• Platystele acicularis
• Platystele calantha
• Platystele caudatisepala
• Platystele dasyglossa
• Platystele examen-culicum
• Platystele gaileana
• Platystele hirtzii
• Platystele jungermannioides
• Platystele microscopica
• Platystele misera
• Platystele ornata
• Platystele oxyglossa
• Platystele portillae
• Platystele posadarum
• Platystele pubescens
• Platystele reflexa
• Platystele resimula
• Platystele stenostachya
• Platystele umbellata
• Platystele viridis
• Platystele ximenae

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=157646 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
4. Luer, C. A. 1990. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–VII. Systematics of Platystele (Orchidaceae). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 38: 1–135.