Cleisostoma

Cleisostoma
Detail of Cleisostoma paniculatum flowers
Cleisostoma paniculatum 1817 illustration from Botanical Register
Scientific 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
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.

The orchid abbreviation is Cleis.

Selected species

• Cleisostoma appendiculatum
• Cleisostoma arietinum
• Cleisostoma aspersum
• Cleisostoma bicorne
• Cleisostome chantaburiense
• Cleisostoma crassifolium
• Cleisostoma crochetii
• Cleisostoma dichroanthum
• Cleisostoma discolor
• Cleisostoma filiforme
• Cleisostoma halophilum
• Cleisostoma longi-folius
• Cleisostoma lowii
• Cleisostoma pachyfolium
• Cleisostoma pachyphyllus
• Cleisostoma pallidus
• Cleisostoma paniculatum
• Cleisostoma parishii
• Cleisostoma pendulata
• Cleisostoma racemiferum
• Cleisostoma ramosum
• Cleisostoma rolfeanum
• Cleisostoma rostratum
• Cleisostoma sagittatum
• Cleisostoma sagittiforme
• Cleisostoma simondii
• Cleisostoma strongyloides
• Cleisostoma subulatum
• Cleisostoma tenuifolium
• Cleisostoma teretifolium
• Cleisostoma termissus
• Cleisostoma tridentatus
• Cleisostoma uraiensis
• Cleisostoma williamsoni

External links

• Media related to Cleisostoma at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cleisostoma at Wikispecies