| Chelonistele | |
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| Chelonistele sulphurea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Arethuseae |
| Subtribe: | Coelogyninae |
| Genus: | Chelonistele Kraenzl. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sigmatochilus Rolfe | |
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.
- ^ 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.