Cleistes grandiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Vanilloideae
Tribus: Pogonieae
Genus: Cleistes
Species: Cleistes grandiflora

Name

Cleistes grandiflora (Aubl.) Schltr., Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 179 (1926)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Limodorum grandiflorum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 818 (1775)
• Homotypic
  • Cymbidium grandiflorum (Aubl.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 76 (1799)
  • Epidendrum grandiflorum (Aubl.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 377 (1810)
• Heterotypic
  • Cleistes lutea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 409 (1840)
  • Pogonia grandiflora Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 91 (1865)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 286 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  
• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1926. Archivos de Botânica do São Paulo 1: 179.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cleistes grandiflora. Accessed: 2021 May 12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cleistes grandiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cleistes grandiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cleistes grandiflora. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cleistes grandiflora. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cleistes grandiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2021.