- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl.

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
- Cleistes acuminata Schltr.
- Cleistes aphylla (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne
- Cleistes australis Schltr.
- Cleistes ayangannensis Szlach. & Baranow
- Cleistes batistana Pansarin & F.Barros
- Cleistes bella Rchb.f. & Warm.
- Cleistes buenaventurae Szlach. & Kolan.
- Cleistes calantha (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Cleistes carautae Toscano & Léoni
- Cleistes catharinensis (Cogn.) Hoehne
- Cleistes cipoana Hoehne
- Cleistes costaricensis Christenson
- Cleistes cuatrecasasii Kolan. & Szlach.
- Cleistes elegantula (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Cleistes elongata Pansarin & F.Barros
- Cleistes exilis Hoehne
- Cleistes fragrans (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Cleistes gert-hatschbachiana Hoehne
- Cleistes grandiflora (Aubl.) Schltr.
- Cleistes huberi Carnevali & I.Ramírez
- Cleistes humidicola (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Cleistes idroboi Szlach. & Baranow
- Cleistes ionoglossa Hoehne & Schltr.
- Cleistes itatiaiae Pabst
- Cleistes latiplume Hoehne
- Cleistes lehmannii Kraenzl. ex Szlach. & Kolan.
- Cleistes libonii (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
- Cleistes liliastrum Rchb.f.
- Cleistes magnifica (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Cleistes mantiqueirae Rchb.f. & Warm.
- Cleistes miersii Gardner
- Cleistes montana Gardner
- Cleistes moritzii (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst.
- Cleistes munchiquensis Szlach. & Baranow
- Cleistes nana (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Cleistes pallida Funez & Pansarin
- Cleistes paludosa Rchb.f.
- Cleistes paranaensis (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
- Cleistes parviflora Lindl.
- Cleistes paulensis (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Cleistes pusilla Pansarin
- Cleistes ramboi Pabst
- Cleistes risaraldensis Szlach. & Baranow
- Cleistes rodriguesii (Cogn.) Campacci
- Cleistes rosea Lindl.
- Cleistes silveirana Hoehne & Schltr.
- Cleistes speciosa Gardner
- Cleistes strangii Pabst
- Cleistes stricta (C.Schweinf.) Garay & Dunst.
- Cleistes tamboana Dodson & Carnevali
- Cleistes tenuis (Rchb.f. ex Griseb.) Schltr.
- Cleistes triflora (C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez
- Cleistes uliginosa Pabst
- Cleistes unguiculata (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
- Cleistes unifoliata (C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez
- Cleistes uribei Szlach. & Baranow
- Cleistes vargasii (C.Schweinf.) Medley
- Cleistes violascens Campacci
Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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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 |
First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 409 (1840)
Accepted by
- 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.
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0