Cleistes Explained

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]

References

• (1840) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 409.
• (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 286 ff. Oxford University Press.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=42235 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cleistes
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=107295 Flora of North America, v 26 p 510, Cleistes
3. Catling, P. M. and K. B. Gregg. 1992. Systematics of the genus Cleistes in North America. Lindleyana 7: 57–73.
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=456879 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Species, Cleistesiopsis