Cleisostoma

Cleisostoma
Detail of Cleisostoma paniculatum flowers
Cleisostoma paniculatum
1817 illustration from
Botanical Register
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Cleisostoma
Blume (1825)
Type species
Cleisostoma sagittatum
Blume (1825)
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Carteretia A. Rich.
  • Echinoglossum Blume
  • Sarcanthus Lindl.
  • Garayanthus Szlach.
  • Raciborskanthos Szlach.
  • Blumeorchis Szlach.
  • Ormerodia Szlach.

Cleisostoma is a genus of orchids with approximately 90 accepted species widely distributed through much of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China, New Guinea, and some of the islands of the Western Pacific.[1][2]

The orchid abbreviation is Cleis.[3]

Selected species

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of China v 25 p 458, 隔距兰属 ge ju lan shu, Cleisostoma
  3. ^ Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, Royal Horticultural Society, 2017.
  4. ^ Averyanov, L. V., Tich, N. T., & Van Canh, N. (2015). "New species of the genus Cleisostoma in the flora of Vietnam". Taiwania. 60 (3): 107 - 116. doi:10.6165/tai.2015.60.107.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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