Brachystele

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Brachystele bracteosa (as Spiranthes bracteosa) - Edwards vol 23 pl 1934 (1837).jpg

| image_caption = Brachystele bracteosa
1837 illustration
Edwards's Botanical Register

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| taxon = Brachystele

| authority = Schltr.

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| synonyms = Diskyphogyne Szlach. & R.González

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Brachystele is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 20 species native primarily to South America but with a few species in Mexico, Central America, and Trinidad & Tobago.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=23890 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

1. Brachystele arechavaletae (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
2. Brachystele bicrinita Szlach.
3. Brachystele bracteosa (Lindl.) Schltr.
4. Brachystele burkartii M.N.Correa
5. Brachystele camporum (Lindl.) Schltr.
6. Brachystele chlorops (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
7. Brachystele cyclochila (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
8. Brachystele delicatula (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
9. Brachystele dilatata (Lindl.) Schltr.
10. Brachystele guayanensis (Lindl.) Schltr.
11. Brachystele luzmariana Szlach. & R.González
12. Brachystele maasii Szlach.
13. Brachystele oxyanthos Szlach
14. Brachystele pappulosa Szlach
15. Brachystele scabrilingua Szlach
16. Brachystele subfiliformis (Cogn.) Schltr
17. Brachystele tamayoana Szlach.
18. Brachystele unilateralis (Poir.) Schltr
19. Brachystele waldemarii Szlach.
20. Brachystele widgrenii (Rchb.f.) Schltr.