Cleisostoma Knowpia

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.^[1]^[2]

The orchid abbreviation is Cleis.^[3]

Selected species edit

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Flora of China v 25 p 458, 隔距兰属 ge ju lan shu, Cleisostoma
^ Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, Royal Horticultural Society, 2017.

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