Stephanothelys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, endemic to South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Garay, Leslie Andrew. 1977. Bradea, Boletim do Herbarium Bradeanum 2(28): 199–200, f. 3Garay, L.A. 1978. 225(1). Orchidaceae (Cypripedioideae, Orchidoideae, Neottioideae). 9: 1–305. In G. W. Harling & B. B. Sparre (eds.) Flora of Ecuador. University of Göteborg & Swedish Museum of Natural History, Göteborg & Stockholm.Ormerod, Paul A. 2005. Harvard Papers in Botany 9(2): 422Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

Species accepted as of June 2014:

Stephanothelys colombiana Garay - Colombia Stephanothelys rariflora Garay - Bolivia Stephanothelys siberiana Ormerod - Bolivia Stephanothelys sororia Garay - Peru Stephanothelys xystophylloides (Garay) Garay - Colombia, Ecuador

See also List of Orchidaceae genera

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