Platystele

Platystele
	Platystele stenostachya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Pleurothallidinae
Genus:	Platystele; Schltr.
Species
	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; etc.;

Platystele is a genus of orchids, comprising about 95 species. Most of these have small flowers, some of the smallest in the family. The genus is widespread across Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Bolivia, but infrequent in Brazil.^[1]^[2]^[3] Luer, C. A. 1990. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–VII. Systematics of Platystele (Orchidaceae). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 38: 1–135.

Images

Platystele umbellata
Unidentified Platystele
Unidentified Platystele

References

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ 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.
^ 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

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[1] 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

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