Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 409 (1840)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Costa Rica to Trinidad and S. Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 19, 1971 Gifford, D.R. [G28], Brazil K000847203 Yes
Aug 20, 1970 Philcox, D. [3503], Brazil K000847205 Yes
Aug 20, 1970 Philcox, D. [3957], Brazil K000847206 Yes
Miller, D. [3/93] 59707.000 No
Chase, M.W. [90033], Brazil 74377.000 No
Spruce, R. [4577], Peru K000201497 Yes
Kingsmill, A. [s.n.], Brazil K000940247 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000940249 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22172], Goiás K000879191 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22170], Goiás K000879190 Yes
Dusén, P. [13898], Brazil K000940248 Yes
Gardner [4004], Brazil K000847204 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0