Rhynchostele

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Rhynchostele
Overview of species (17)

R. aptera – R. bictoniensis – R. candidula – R. cervantesii – R. cordata – R. ehrenbergii – R. galeottiana – R. hortensiae – R. londesboroughiana – R. maculata – R. madrensis – R. majalis – R. oscarii – R. pygmaea – R. rossii – R. stellata – R. uroskinneri
Nothospecies: (2)

R. × humeana – R. × vexativa
Name

Rhynchostele Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 770 (1852)

Type species: Rhynchostele pygmaea (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 770 (1852)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Amparoa Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 64 (1923)
Mesoglossum Halb., Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s., 8: 194 (1982)
Cymbiglossum Halb., Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s., 9: 1 (1983), no type indicated.
Lemboglossum Halb., Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s., 9: 348 (1984)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Northern South America
Venezuela.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Reichenbach, H.G. 1852. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10 (44): 770.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 340 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rhynchostele. Accessed: 2021 Aug 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rhynchostele in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 19. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rhynchostele in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Rhynchostele. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rhynchostele. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Rhynchostele. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 19.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Ринхостеле
коми: Ринхостеле
кырык мары: Ринхостеле
удмурт: Ринхостеле

Rhynchostele is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America and Venezuela.[2][3][4] The genus name is abbreviated as Rst. in the horticultural trade.

Species

At the present time (May 2014), 19 species are accepted.[2][5][6]

Rhynchostele aptera (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Durango to Oaxaca
Rhynchostele bictoniensis (Bateman) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Oaxaca to Panama
Rhynchostele candidula (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele cervantesii (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele cervantesii subsp. cervantesii - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele cervantesii subsp. halbingeriana Soto Arenas & Hágsater - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele cervantesii subsp. membranacea (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele cordata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Puebla to Costa Rica, plus Venezuela
Rhynchostele ehrenbergii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Hidalgo to Oaxaca
Rhynchostele galeottiana (A.Rich.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele hortensiae (R.L.Rodr.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Costa Rica
Rhynchostele × humeana (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele londesboroughiana (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Guerrero
Rhynchostele maculata (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar
Rhynchostele maculata subsp. maculata - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele maculata subsp. oestlundiana (L.O.Williams) Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez - from Veracruz to Costa Rica
Rhynchostele maculata f. perotensis Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez - Veracruz, Puebla
Rhynchostele madrensis (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Oaxaca
Rhynchostele majalis (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Tabasco to Guatemala
Rhynchostele oscarii Archila - Guatemala
Rhynchostele pygmaea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Guatemala and Chiapas
Rhynchostele rossii (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Querétaro to Nicaragua
Rhynchostele stellata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - from Chiapas to Costa Rica, plus Venezuela
Rhynchostele uroskinneri (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - Guatemala and Chiapas
Rhynchostele × vexativa (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar - collected somewhere in Mexico c 1875, now probably extinct