Cleistes

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Vanilloideae
Tribus: Pogonieae
Genus: Cleistes
Overview of species (67)

C. acuminata – C. aphylla – C. australis – C. ayangannensis – C. batistana – C. bella – C. brasiliensis – C. buenaventurae – C. calantha – C. carautae – C. catharinensis – C. cipoana – C. costaricensis – C. cuatrecasasii – C. elegantula – C. elongata – C. exilis – C. fragrans – C. gert-hatschbachiana – C. grandiflora – C. huberi – C. humidicola – C. idroboi – C. ionoglossa – C. itatiaiae – C. latipetala – C. latiplume – C. lehmannii – C. lepida – C. libonii – C. liliastrum – C. macrantha – C. magnifica – C. mantiqueirae – C. miersii – C. montana – C. moritzii – C. munchiquensis – C. nana – C. pallida – C. paludosa – C. paranaensis – C. parviflora – C. paulensis – C. pluriflora – C. pusilla – C. quadricallosa – C. ramboi – C. revoluta – C. risaraldensis – C. rodeiensis – C. rodriguesii – C. rosea – C. silveirana – C. speciosa – C. strangii – C. stricta – C. tamboana – C. tenuis – C. triflora – C. uliginosa – C. unguiculata – C. unifoliata – C. uribei – C. vargasii – C. vinosa – C. violascens – C. violascens

Name

Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 409. (1840)

Type species: Cleistes grandiflora (Aubl.) Schltr. (1926) - ex - Cleistes lutea Lindl. (1840)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica, Panama.
Caribbean
Trinidad-Tobago.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 286 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
Richard, L.C.M. 1840. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 409.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cleistes. Accessed: 2021 May 12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cleistes in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cleistes in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cleistes. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cleistes. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cleistes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 12.

Vernacular names

English: Rosebud orchids
перем коми: Клейстес
коми: Клейстес
кырык мары: Клейстес
удмурт: Клейстес