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Cleistes

Cleistes
Cleistes libonii.jpg
Cleistes libonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
Tribe: Pogoniinae
Genus: Cleistes
Rich. ex Lindl. (1840)
Type species
Cleistes lutea
Lindl.

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. Two North American species were formerly included in this group, but are now regarded as a separate genus, Cleistesiopsis.


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