Cleistes speciosa

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cleistes speciosa']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Cleistes speciosa'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Vanilloideae • Tribus: Pogonieae • Genus: Cleistes • Species: Cleistes speciosa Gardner (1842)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Pogonia speciosa (Gardner) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 90 (1865) Heterotypic synonyms Pogonia monantha Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 167 (1877) Cleistes caloptera Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach, Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 81 (1881) Pogonia caloptera Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach, Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 82 (1881) Pogonia metallina Barb.Rodr., Rev. Engenh. 3: 74 (1881) Pogonia lenheirensis Barb.Rodr., Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 1: 47 (1901) Cleistes metallina (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr., Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 179, 182 (1926) Cleistes monantha (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr., Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 179 (1926) Cleistes lenheirensis (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne, Fl. Brasílica 12(1): 232 (1940)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Cleistes speciosa
  (as syn.
  Pogonia metallina)
  plate 26. fig. I in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 4
  (1893-1896)
• 
  Cleistes speciosa
  (as syn.
  Pogonia monantha)
  plate 26, fig. II in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 4
  (1893-1896)
• 

  Cleistes speciosa
  as syn. Pogonia lenheirensis
  tab. 6 fig. D.
  (1901)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cleistes speciosa.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cleistes speciosa