Cleistes

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cleistes']

English: Rosebud orchids
مصرى: كليستس
перем коми: Клейстес
коми: Клейстес
мокшень: Клэйстэс
кырык мары: Клейстес
удмурт: Клейстес

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Vanilloideae • Tribus: Pogonieae • Genus: Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl. (1840)

Genus Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl. (1840)

67 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 12 May 2021):

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

Included species (for Tropicos, 12 May 2021):

C. acuminata, C. angeliana, C. aphylla, C. australis, C. batistana, C. bella, C. bifaria, C. brasiliensis, C. calantha, C. caloptera, C. carautae, C. castanoides, C. catharinensis, C. cipoana, C. costaricensis, C. cuatrecasasii, C. divaricata, C. elegantula, C. elongata, C. exilis, C. fragrans, C. gert-hatschbachiana, C. gracilis, C. grandiflora, C. hoehneana, C. huberi, C. humidicola, C. ionoglossa, C. itatiaiae, C. latiglossa, C. latipetala, C. latiplume, C. lehmannii, C. lenheirensis, C. lenherirensis, C. lepida, C. libonii, C. liliastrum, C. macrantha, C. magnifica, C. mantiqueirae, C. medicii, C. metallina, C. miersii, C. monantha, C. montana, C. moritzii, C. nana, C. pallida, C. paludosa, C. paranaensis, C. parviflora, C. paulensis, C. pluriflora, C. pusilla, C. quadricallosa, C. ramboi, C. revoluta, C. rodeiensis, C. rodriguesii, C. rosea, C. silveirana, C. speciosa, C. strangii, C. stricta, C. tamboana, C. tenuis, C. triflora, C. trifoliata, C. uliginosa, C. unguiculata, C. unifoliata, C. uribei, C. vargasii, C. venusta, C. vinosa
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

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

Cleistes aphylla
fig. IV
Cleistes brasiliensis
fig. I
Cleistes latipetala
fig. III
Cleistes libonii
Cleistes macrantha
fig. II
Cleistes paranaensis
fig. III
Cleistes pluriflora
fig. I
Cleistes quadricallosa
Cleistes revoluta
fig. I
Cleistes rodeiensis
fig. II
Cleistes rodriguesii
fig. II
Cleistes rosea
Cleistes speciosa
fig. I and II
Cleistes vinosa
fig. I

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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.

Selected Weblinks

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