Brachystele

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Brachystele']

مصرى: براشيستيل
перем коми: Брахистеле
коми: Брахистеле
мокшень: Брахистеле
олык марий: Брахистеле
кырык мары: Брахистеле
удмурт: Брахистеле

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Cranichideae • Subtribus: Spiranthinae • Genus: Brachystele Schltr. (1920)

Genus Brachystele Schltr. (1920) edit

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Diskyphogyne Szlach. & R.González, Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 41: 494 (1996)

20 Species edit

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 22 March 2021):
B. arechavaletae, B. bicrinita, B. bracteosa, B. burkartii, B. camporum, B. chlorops, B. cyclochila, B. delicatula, B. dilatata, B. guayanensis, B. luzmariana, B. maasii, B. oxyanthos, B. pappulosa, B. scabrilingua, B. subfiliformis, B. tamayoana, B. unilateralis, B. waldemarii, B. widgrenii

Included species (for Tropicos, 22 March 2021):

B. affinis, B. aguacatensis, B. arechavaletae, B. atramentaria, B. bicrinita, B. bracteosa, B. brenesii, B. burkartii, B. camporum, B. chiangii, B. chlorops, B. cyclochila, B. cycloglossa, B. delicatula, B. dilatata, B. guayanensis, B. hatschbachii, B. hintoniorum, B. hoehnii, B. laxispica, B. lechleri, B. longiflora, B. luzmariana, B. maasii, B. markowskiana, B. minutiflora, B. nuil, B. oxyanthos, B. pappulosa, B. pedicellata, B. polyantha, B. sarcoglossa, B. scabrilingua, B. spiranthoides, B. subfiliformis, B. tamayoana, B. tenuissima, B. ulaei, B. unilateralis, B. waldemarii, B. widgrenii
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Brachystele unilateralis (Poir.) Schltr. (1920)

Brachystele bracteosa
Brachystele dilatata
fig. I
Brachystele guayanensis
fig. II
Brachystele subfiliformis
fig. III
Brachystele unilateralis
Type species

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast,
Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama,
- Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago,
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela,
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru,
- Brazil
  - Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South,
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay,

References edit

Description of taxon

Schlechter, F.R.R. (1920) Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt. Zweite Abteilung 37(2, Heft 3): 370–371.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2003) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 176 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507119

Selected Weblinks

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