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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Platystele''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
| genus = '''''Platystele'''''
| genus_authority = [[Rudolf Schlechter|Schltr.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Platystele acicularis]]''
*''[[Platystele calantha]]''
*''[[Platystele caudatisepala]]''
*''[[Platystele dasyglossa]]''
*''[[Platystele examen-culicum]]''
*''[[Platystele gaileana]]''
*''[[Platystele hirtzii]]''
*''[[Platystele microscopica]]''
*''[[Platystele misera]]''
*''[[Platystele ornata]]''
*''[[Platystele oxyglossa]]''
*''[[Platystele portillae]]''
*''[[Platystele posadarum]]''
*''[[Platystele pubescens]]''
*''[[Platystele reflexa]]''
*''[[Platystele resimula]]''
*''[[Platystele stenostachya]]''
*''[[Platystele umbellata]]''
*''[[Platystele viridis]]''
*''[[Platystele ximenae]]''
*etc.
}}
'''''Platystele''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s, comprised of about 85 mostly miniature [[species]]. The genus is widespread from [[Mexico]] to [[Bolivia]] but infrequent in [[Brazil]].
[[Category:Orchid genera]]