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]
^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
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...
World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2023. "Cleistes bifaria in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved...
Checklist of Selected Plant Families Flora of North America v 26 p 511, Cleistes divaricata (Linnaeus) Ames, Orchidaceae. 7: 21, plate 108. 1922. Biota...
succulent vines and a lip without spur. Tribe Pogonieae (77 species) Genera : Cleistes, Cleistesiopsis, Duckeella, Isotria, and Pogonia Tribe Vanilleae (172 species)...
is an orchid genus in the tribe Pogonieae. Its members were included in Cleistes until 2009. Cleistesiopsis is native to the eastern and southeastern United...
Vanilloideae (15 genera and about 180 species: Tribe Pogonieae (77 species; Cleistes, Cleistesiopsis, Duckeella, Isotria, and Pogonia) also Tribe Vanilleae...
orchid tribe in the subfamily Vanilloideae. Genera included in Pogonieae: Cleistes Cleistesiopsis Duckeella Isotria Pogonia Pogoniopsis was previously included...
found to occur with several rare or threatened wetland plants, such as Cleistes divaricata (spreading pogonia), Drosera rotundifolia (round-leaved sundew)...
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