134.0000
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30557; hybrids: 1460
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot. 73 (1835)
134.7166
Genus
Platystele Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 565 (1910)
Distribution: Tropical America, mostly Andes, 1 Antilles. Rubellia might be a separate genus.
Species listed in database: 125
= Rubellia Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVI): 258 (2004)
species :
Platystele acicularis
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 14 (1990)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Conservation Status: IUCN R (Ecuador)
species :
Platystele aculeata
Luer; Phytologia 49(3): 197 (1981)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele acutilingua
Kapuler & Hascall; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 35: 544 (1966)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Platystele adelphe
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XI): 121 (1994)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele aianthera
I.Bock & Speckm.; Orchidee (Hamburg) 43(5): 216 (1992)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
species :
Platystele altarica
Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 354 (1980)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele alucitae
Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 355 (1980)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Risaralda, Santander); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Platystele cuculligera P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(3): 210 (1981)
species :
Platystele apoloae
Zambrano & Solano; Phytotaxa 372(1): 89 (2018)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele argentosa
Luer & R.Escobar; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 22 (1990)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele aurea
Garay; Orquideologia 8(3): 182 (1973)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Quindío); Ecuador
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis rubella Luer; Selbyana 3 (3-4): 378 (1977)
= Rubellia aurea (Garay) Baumbach; Orchidee (Hamburg) 62(3): 231 (2011)
= Rubellia rubella (Luer) Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVI): 258 (2004)
species :
Platystele baqueroi
L.Jost & Iturralde; Lankesteriana 17(1): 55 (2017)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele beatricis
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 22(2): 126 (2002)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele bernoullii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XX): 126 (2000)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Platystele bovilinguis
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XII): 142 (1995)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Platystele brenneri
Luer; Selbyana 3 (1-2): 24 (1976)
Distribution: Panama; Ecuador
80 PAN 83 ECU
species :
Platystele calantha
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 12 (2-3): 138 (1977 publ. 1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Platystele calymma
Luer; Selbyana 3 (3-4): 226 (1977)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Platystele carl-lueriana
Karremans & Bogarín; Lankesteriana 17(2): 215 (2017)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Platystele catiensis
Karremans & Bogarín; Lankesteriana 13(3): 265 (2014)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Platystele caudatisepala
(C.Schweinf.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 119 (1974)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Valle del Cauca); Ecuador
79 MEX 80 COS GUA PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis caudatisepala C.Schweinf.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 4: 113 (1937)
species :
Platystele cedriensis
Baquero & G.Verkovitch; Lankesteriana 19(1): 7 (2019)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele cellulosa
Luer & Hirtz; Selbyana 30(1): 17 (2009)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele colombiana
S.V.Uribe & Karremans; Species Orchidacearum LCDP 12 (2017)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele compacta
(Ames) Ames; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 85 (1922)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Platystele bulbinella Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 565 (1910)
= Pleurothallis compacta (Ames) Ames & C.Schweinf.; Schedul. Orchid. 10: 24 (1930)
= Stelis compacta Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 3: 76 (1908)
species :
Platystele consobrina
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 32 (1990)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele cornejoi
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 120: 145 (2010)
Distribution: Ecuador (Esmeraldas)
83 ECU
species :
Platystele crinita
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 34 (1990)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Platystele crotaloglossa
Archila & Chiron; Richardiana 15: 285 (2015)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Platystele dalstroemii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44 (Icon. Pleurothallid. IX): 112 (1992)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele dasyglossa
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(1): 18 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele decouxii
Baquero & G.Verkovitch; Lankesteriana 19(1): 7 (2019)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele delhierroi
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 39 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VIII): 147 (1991)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Platystele densiflora
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 12 (2-3): 140 (1977 publ. 1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele dewildei
Luer & R.Escobar; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XI): 121 (1994)
Distribution: Colombia (Risaralda)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele dodsonii
Luer; Selbyana 5(2): 155 (1979)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele doucetteana
H.Medina, J.Portilla & I.Portilla; Orchids (West Palm Beach) 91(11): 856 (2022)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele dressleri
Luer; Selbyana 3 (1-2): 26 (1976)
Distribution: E-Panama
80 PAN
species :
Platystele edmundoi
Pabst; Anais 14 Congr. Soc. Bot. Brasil 16 (1964)
Distribution: Ecuador; N-Brazil (Pará)
83 ECU 84 BRA
species :
Platystele enervis
Luer; Phytologia 55(3): 200 (1984)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Platystele escalerae
Archila; Revista Guatemalensis 5(3): 10 (2002 publ. 2005)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Platystele examen-culicum
Luer; Selbyana 3 (1-2): 28 (1976)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Platystele culex Luer & R.Escobar; Phytologia 49(3): 198 (1981)
species :
Platystele filamentosa
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 46 (1990)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele fimbriata
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 48 (1990)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele finleyae
Monteros, E.Restrepo & Baquero; Lankesteriana 22(1): 64 (2022)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele gaileana
Luer & Endara; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVI): 236 (2004)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele gerritseniana
A.Doucette & J.Portilla; Orchids (West Palm Beach) 85(11): 873 (2016)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele gyroglossa
Luer; Selbyana 3 (3-4): 228 (1977)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Platystele porphyroglossa P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(3): 216 (1981)
species :
Platystele hampshireae
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XVI): 113 (1998)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Platystele hirtzii
Luer; Selbyana 5(2): 155 (1979)
Distribution: NW-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Platystele imperialis
Archila, Chiron & Szlach.; Richardiana 16: 244 (2016)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; El Salvador
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA
species :
Platystele ingramii
Luer & Dalström; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61(3) (Icon. Pleurothallid. XIV): Addenda 3 (1996)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele jamboeensis
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44 (Icon. Pleurothallid. IX): 112 (1992)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele jane-lueriana
Karremans & Bogarín; Lankesteriana 17(2): 219 (2017)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Platystele jesupiorum
Luer; Phytologia 49(3): 199 (1981)
Distribution: C-Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Platystele johnstonii
(Ames) Garay; Caldasia 10: 233 (1968)
Distribution: Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; N-Venezuela (Bolívar, Miranda, Nueva Esparta); Ecuador
80 ELS GUA HON 82 VEN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis johnstonii Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 271 (1908)
species :
Platystele jungermannioides
(Schltr.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 120 (1974)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 COS GUA PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis jungermannioides Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 42 (1912)
species :
Platystele kayi
(Thoerle & Cornejo) Bogarín & Karremans; Phytotaxa 340(2): 133 (2018)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Lepanthopsis kayi Thoerle & Cornejo; Harvard Pap. Bot. 21(2): 247 (2016)
species :
Platystele lancilabris
(Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 19: 102 (1923)
Distribution: Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Peru
80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis lancilabris (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 205 (1913)
= Stelis lancilabris Rchb.f.; Beitr. Orchid.-K. C. Amer. 94, t. 8 (1866)
species :
Platystele lawessonii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XI): 124 (1994)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele lehmannii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XI): 124 (1994)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele londonoana
Luer & R.Escobar; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 59 (1990)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Platystele lycopodioides
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 61 (1990)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele medinae
Thoerle; Novon 26(2): 180 (2018)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Platystele megaloglossa
Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 16(3): 39 (1986)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele microglossa
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(3): 212 (1981)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Platystele gemmula Luer; Phytologia 49(3): 198 (1981)
species :
Platystele microscopica
Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 356 (1980)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Platystele microtatantha
(Schltr.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 21: 251 (1967)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis microtatantha Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 276 (1907)
= Pleurothallis perparva Standl. & L.O.Williams; Ceiba 3: 193 (1953)
species :
Platystele minimiflora
(Schltr.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 120 (1974)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Platystele halbingeriana (R.E.Schult.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 119 (1974)
= Pleurothallis halbingeriana R.E.Schult.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9: 30 (1941)
= Pleurothallis minimiflora Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 19: 288 (1923)
species :
Platystele misasiana
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(3): 214 (1981)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele misera
(Lindl.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 21: 251 (1967)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Humboltia misera (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 667 (1891)
= Pleurothallis misera Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 9(Pleurothallis): 36 (1859)
species :
Platystele muscicola
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 72 (1990)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele myoxura
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 75 (1990)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele napintzae
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44 (Icon. Pleurothallid. IX): 114 (1992)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Platystele obtecta
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XI): 127 (1994)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Platystele orchestris
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(1): 20 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele orectoglossa
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(1): 22 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Platystele ornata
Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 18: 195 (1958)
Distribution: Venezuela; Ecuador
82 VEN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis guatopensis Foldats; Fl. Venez. 15: Pt. 480 (1970), et 15, Pt. 2, 357 (1970)
= Pleurothallis ornata (Garay) Foldats; Acta Bot. Venez. 3: 387 (1968)
species :
Platystele ortiziana
Luer & R.Escobar; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 80 (1990)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia
80 PAN 82 CLM
species :
Platystele ovalifolia
(H.Focke) Garay & Dunst.; Venez. Orchid. Ill. [Dunsterville & Garay] 2: 268 (1961)
Distribution: El Salvador; Panama; Cuba; Tobago; Trinidad; Venezuela (Bolívar, Falcon, Miranda); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
80 ELS PAN 81 CUB TRT 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis ovalifolia (H.Focke) Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 188 (1861)
= Pleurothallis rhomboglossa Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 276 (1865)
= Pleurothallis vaginulata Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 259 (1866), nomen
= Stelis ovalifolia (Rchb.f.) H.Focke; Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. 2: 202 (1849)
species :
Platystele ovatilabia
(Ames & C.Schweinf.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 120 (1974)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas); Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis ovatilabia Ames & C.Schweinf.; Schedul. Orchid. 10: 33 (1930)
species :
Platystele ovipositoglossa
Archila & Chiron; Richardiana 15: 284 (2015)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Platystele oxyglossa
(Ames & C.Schweinf.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 120 (1974)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia); Venezuela (Bolívar, Carabobo, Merida, Miranda, Sucre); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Santa Catarina)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Platystele brasiliensis Brade; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 11: 73 (1951)
= Platystele lancilabris var. oxyglossa (Schltr.) Schltr.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 6: 200 (1938)
= Platystele pygmaea (Hoehne) Pabst; Rodriguésia Anos 18-19: 30 (1956)
= Platystele schulzeana (Schltr.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 120 (1974)
= Pleurothallis lancilabris var. oxyglossa (Schltr.) C.Schweinf.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 6: 200 (1938)
= Pleurothallis oxyglossa Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 354 (1912)
= Pleurothallis pygmaea Hoehne; Bol. Agric. (São Paulo) 34: 604 (1933 publ. 1934)
= Pleurothallis schulzeana Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 396 (1918)
species :
Platystele pamelae
Baquero & Zuchan; Lankesteriana 17(2): 245 (2017)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele papillosa
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XI): 127 (1994)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele paraensis
Campacci & J.B.F.Silva; Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 7: 242 (2009)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará)
84 BRA
species :
Platystele pedicellaris
(Schltr.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 120 (1974)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis pedicellaris Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 395 (1912)
species :
Platystele perpusilla
(Rchb.f.) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 120 (1974)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Humboltia perpusilla (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 668 (1891)
= Pleurothallis perpusilla Rchb.f.; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 215 (1854)
species :
Platystele peruviana
Rizo-Patrón; Phytotaxa 564(1): 114 (2022)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Platystele pisifera
(Lindl.) Luer; Selbyana 3(34): 232 (1977)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander); Venezuela; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Humboltia pisifera (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 668 (1891)
= Platystele hypsitera Luer & R.Escobar; Orquideologia 16(1): 14 (1983)
= Pleurothallis pisifera Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 9(Pleurothallis): 36 (1859)
species :
Platystele portillae
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXIV): 106 (2002)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele posadarum
Luer & R.Escobar; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 96 (1990)
Distribution: Colombia (Risaralda)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele propinqua
(Ames) Garay; Caldasia 10: 233 (1968)
Distribution: C-Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis propinqua Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 6: 68 (1923)
species :
Platystele psix
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44 (Icon. Pleurothallid. IX): 117 (1992)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Platystele pubescens
Luer; Phytologia 55(3): 200 (1984)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Platystele pyriformis
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 99 (1990)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Risaralda)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele rauhii
Luer; Orchidee (Hamburg) 38(2): 61 (1987)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Platystele reflexa
Luer; Phytologia 49(3): 200 (1981)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele repens
(Ames) Garay; Orquideologia 9(2): 120 (1974)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurothallis repens Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 271 (1908)
= Specklinia repens (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase; Lindleyana 16(4): 259 (2001)
species :
Platystele resimula
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 105 (1990)
Distribution: Panama; Ecuador
80 PAN 83 ECU
species :
Platystele rhinocera
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 108 (1990)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Platystele riograndensis
Reina-Rodr. & Karremans; Phytotaxa 375(3): 236 (2018)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Platystele risaraldae
Luer & R.Escobar; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XI): 130 (1994)
Distribution: Colombia (Risaralda)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele sancristobalensis
Archila; Revista Guatemalensis 5(3): 11 (2002)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Platystele schmidtchenii
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 27: 166 (1924)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador; Bolivia (Cochabamba)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Platystele escobariana Garay; Orquideologia 6(1): 15 (1971)
species :
Platystele schneideri
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 14(1): 24 (1979)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele scopulifera
Luer & Dodson; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 39 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VIII): 149 (1991)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele shanti
Karremans; Phytotaxa 672(2): 216 (2024)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Platystele spatulata
Luer; Phytologia 46(6): 356 (1980)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele speckmaieri
Luer & Sijm; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 120: 146 (2010)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Platystele stellaris
Luer; Selbyana 5(2): 156 (1979)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele stenostachya
(Rchb.f.) Garay; Caldasia 8: 520 (1962)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó); Venezuela; Surinam; Ecuador; ?Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Humboltia dubia (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 667 (1891)
= Humboltia stenostachya (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 668 (1891)
= Platystele jamanxinensis Campacci & J.B.F.Silva; Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 11: 442 (2015)
= Pleurothallis dubia A.Rich. & Galeotti; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 3: 16 (1845)
= Pleurothallis dubia var. myriantha (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 20 (1921)
= Pleurothallis lankesteri Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 210 (1914)
= Pleurothallis minutiflora S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 286 (1888)
= Pleurothallis myriantha F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 445 (1899)
= Pleurothallis stenostachya Rchb.f.; Linnaea 18: 399 (1845)
= Pleurothallis stenostachya var. lankesteri (Rolfe) Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 7: 31 (1924)
species :
Platystele stevensonii
Luer; Selbyana 3 (3-4): 234 (1977)
Distribution: S-Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele steyermarkii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XI): 132 (1994)
Distribution: Venezuela (Sucre)
82 VEN
species :
Platystele stonyx
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 122 (1990)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño, Putumayo); Ecuador; Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU
species :
Platystele sulcata
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44 (Icon. Pleurothallid. IX): 117 (1992)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Platystele sylvestrei
Karremans & Bogarín; Lankesteriana 13(3): 268 (2014)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
species :
Platystele tausensis
Bogarín & Karremans; Orquideologia 27(2): 210 (2010 publ. 2011)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Platystele taylorii
Luer; Selbyana 3 (1-2): 30 (1976)
Distribution: Panama; Ecuador
80 PAN 83 ECU
species :
Platystele tica
Karremans & Bogarín; Lankesteriana 13(3): 271 (2014)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Platystele tobarii
Luer; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105 (Icon. Pleurothallid. XXVIII): 252 (2006)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele umbellata
P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 12 (2-3): 136 (1977 publ. 1978)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó)
82 CLM
species :
Platystele vetulus
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VII): 128 (1990)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Platystele viridis
Luer; Phytologia 54(5): 387 (1983)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele ximenae
Luer & Hirtz; Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 39 (Icon. Pleurothallid. VIII): 149 (1991)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Platystele zamorensis
H.Medina, J.Portilla & I.Portilla; Orchids (West Palm Beach) 91(11): 858 (2022)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
