Chelonistele
Chelonistele is a genus of the orchid family consisting of 13 currently accepted species. It is native to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. The plant grows as an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid.
The genus name of Anzia is named after Chelone , a mountain nymph.
The genus was circumscribed by Ernst [Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer] in Das Pflanzenreich IV. 50 IIB on page 136 in 1907.
known species
As accepted as by Plants of [the World Online],- Chelonistele amplissima Carr - Borneo
- Chelonistele brevilamellata Carr - Kalimantan
- Chelonistele dentifera de Vogel - Sarawak
- Chelonistele devogelii - Sarawak
- Chelonistele ingloria Carr - Borneo
- Chelonistele laetitia-reginae de Vogel - Sarawak
- Chelonistele lamellulifera - NW. Borneo
- Chelonistele lurida Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler - Borneo
- Chelonistele maximae-reginae - Sabah
- Chelonistele ramentacea J.J.Wood - Sarawak
- Chelonistele richardsii Carr - Sarawak, Brunei
- Chelonistele senagangensis J.J.Wood - Sabah
- Chelonistele sulphurea Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler
- *Chelonistele sulphurea var. crassifolia de Vogel - Sabah
- *Chelonistele sulphurea var. sulphurea - Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines
- Chelonistele unguiculata Carr - Sarawak, Brunei