Rhynchostele
Introduction '''''Rhynchostele''''' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America and Venezuela.The genus name is abbreviated as '''''Rst.''''' in the horticultural trade.
Species At the present time (May 2014), 19 species are accepted. #''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
See also * List of Orchidaceae genera* × ''Oncostele'', a hybrid genus with at least one ''Rhynchostele'' ancestor
References * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 340 ff. Oxford University Press. * Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links *** Orchidroots.org Rhynchostele Species