Cleistes
| Cleistes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Vanilloideae |
| Tribe: | Pogoniinae |
| Genus: | Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl. (1840) |
| Type species | |
| Cleistes lutea Lindl. | |
Cleistes is a genus of plants in the 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]
References
- ↑ 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.
