Cleistes

Cleistes is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It contains approximately 40–50 species, most of them native to South America, with a few species extending north into Costa Rica and Trinidad.^[1] Two North American species were formerly included in this group,^[2][3] but are now regarded as a separate genus, Cleistesiopsis.^[4]

Cleistes
Cleistes libonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Vanilloideae
Tribe:	Pogonieae
Genus:	Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl. (1840)
Type species
Cleistes lutea Lindl.