''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 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]
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; Species[
* '' Stelestylis anomala'' Harling - Aragua + Carabobo States in Venezuela
* '' Stelestylis coriacea'' Drude - probably Brazil; original type destroyed in Second World War, precise location locale unknown
* '' Stelestylis stylaris'' (Gleason) Harling - Venezuela, Guyana
* '' Stelestylis surinamensis'' Harling - Suriname, French Guiana
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5400211
Cyclanthaceae
Pandanales genera
Taxa named by Carl Georg Oscar Drude