Rhynchostele
# Rhynchostele

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
