Taxonavigation

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Goodyerinae
Genus: Stephanothelys
Species: (5)
S. colombiana – S. rariflora – S. siberiana – S. sororia – S. xystophylloides

Name

Stephanothelys Garay, Bradea 2: 199 (1977)

• Type species:  Stephanothelys xystophylloides  (Garay) Garay, Bradea 2: 200 (1977)

References

• Garay, L.A. (2007) Bradea, Boletim do Herbarium Bradeanum 2(28): 199–200, f. 3.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 145 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Stephanothelys in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Feb. 13.
• Emonocot.org 2015. Stephanothelys in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Stephanothelys . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Feb. 13.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Stephanothelys. Published online. Accessed 13. Feb. 2013.

Note. This genus is not accepted by Ormerod, P. (2007) Studies of Neotropical Goodyerinae (Orchidaceae) 2. Harvard Papers in Botany 11: 145–177., where it is treated as a synonym of Aspidogyne.

Distribution