Stelestylis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Stelestylis
Species: S. anomala – S. coriacea – S. stylaris – S. surinamensis
Name

Stelestylis Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 229 (1881)
Type species: Stelestylis coriacea Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 231 (1881)

References

Drude, C.G.O. 1881. Flora Brasiliensis 3(2): 229. BHL.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Stelestylis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Stelestylis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Stelestylis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Stelestylis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2014.

Stelestylis is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1881. All the known species are native to northern South America (Venezuela and the Guianas).[1]

Species[1]

Stelestylis anomala Harling - Aragua + Carabobo States in Venezuela
Stelestylis coriacea Drude - probably Brazil; original type destroyed in Second World War, precise location locale unknown
Stelestylis stylaris (Gleason) Harling - Venezuela, Guyana
Stelestylis surinamensis Harling - Suriname, French Guiana

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families