Cleistes is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It contains approximately 40–50 species, most of them native to South America, with a few species extending north into Costa Rica and Trinidad.[1] Two North American species were formerly included in this group,[2][3] but are now regarded as a separate genus, Cleistesiopsis.[4]
| Cleistes | |
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| Cleistes libonii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Vanilloideae |
| Tribe: | Pogonieae |
| Genus: | Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl. (1840) |
| Type species | |
| Cleistes lutea Lindl.
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References edit
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cleistes
- ^ Flora of North America, v 26 p 510, Cleistes
- ^ Catling, P. M. and K. B. Gregg. 1992. Systematics of the genus Cleistes in North America. Lindleyana 7: 57–73.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Species, Cleistesiopsis
- Richard, L.C.M. (1840) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 409.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 286 ff. Oxford University Press.
