''Stelestylis'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1881. All the known species are native to northern
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
(
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
and the
Guianas
The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word ''Guayanas'' (''Las Guayanas''), is a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories:
* French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France
* ...
).
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>
; Species[
* '']Stelestylis anomala
''Stelestylis'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1881. All the known species are native to northern South America (Venezuela and the Guianas
The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word ''Guayanas'' (''Las Guayan ...
'' Harling - Aragua + Carabobo States in Venezuela
* ''Stelestylis coriacea
''Stelestylis'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1881. All the known species are native to northern South America (Venezuela and the Guianas).
; Species
* ''Stelestylis anomala
''Stelestylis'' is a genus of plants first desc ...
'' Drude - probably Brazil; original type destroyed in Second World War, precise location locale unknown
* ''Stelestylis stylaris
''Stelestylis'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1881. All the known species are native to northern South America (Venezuela and the Guianas).
; Species
* ''Stelestylis anomala'' Harling - Aragua + Carabobo States in Venezuela
...
'' (Gleason) Harling - Venezuela, Guyana
* ''Stelestylis surinamensis
''Stelestylis'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1881. All the known species are native to northern South America (Venezuela and the Guianas).
; Species
* ''Stelestylis anomala'' Harling - Aragua + Carabobo States in Venezuela
...
'' Harling - Suriname, French Guiana
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5400211
Cyclanthaceae
Pandanales genera
Taxa named by Carl Georg Oscar Drude