Chelonistele is a genus of the orchid family consisting of 13 currently accepted species. It is native to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The plant grows as an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid.
The genus name of Anzia is named after Chelone (Greek mythology), a mountain nymph.
The genus was circumscribed by Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer in Das Pflanzenreich (Engler) IV. 50 IIB (Heft 32) on page 136 in 1907.
known species As accepted as by Plants of the World Online (about 14),
Chelonistele amplissima (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Carr - Borneo Chelonistele brevilamellata (J.J.Sm.) Carr - Kalimantan Chelonistele dentifera de Vogel - Sarawak Chelonistele devogelii - Sarawak Chelonistele ingloria (J.J.Sm.) Carr - Borneo Chelonistele laetitia-reginae de Vogel - Sarawak Chelonistele lamellulifera - NW. Borneo Chelonistele lurida Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Borneo Chelonistele maximae-reginae - Sabah Chelonistele ramentacea J.J.Wood - Sarawak Chelonistele richardsii Carr - Sarawak, Brunei Chelonistele senagangensis J.J.Wood - Sabah Chelonistele sulphurea (Blume) Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) Chelonistele sulphurea var. crassifolia (Carr) de Vogel - Sabah Chelonistele sulphurea var. sulphurea - Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines Chelonistele unguiculata Carr - Sarawak, Brunei
References
External links
The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia