Chelonistele Pfitzer, in A. Engler, Pflanzenr. Heft 32 (1907) 136
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Coelogyninae
Synonyms: Sigmatochilus Rolfe
A genus of 14 species; 14 species in Malesia.
Distribution: Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines
| Vogel, E.F. de. 1986. Revisions in Coelogyninae II, genera Bracisepalum, Chelonistele, Entomophobia, Geesinkorchis and Nabaluia. Orchid Monogr. 1: 17 - 53. |
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| Chelonistele sulphurea (Blume) Pfitzer, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from the Philippines | Chelonistele unguiculata Carr, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak | Chelonistele unguiculata Carr, in situ, Borneo, Sarawak |
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| Chelonistele richardsii Carr, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak | Chelonistele amplissima (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Carr, drawing by J.J. Smith |
last updated: 9 February 2007 by André Schuiteman