Cleisostoma Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 362

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Vandeae

Subtribe: Aeridinae

Synonyms: Blumeorchis Szlach. , Carteretia Rich. , Echioglossum Blume , Garayanthus Szlach. , Ormerodia Szlach. , Raciborskanthos Szlach. , Sarcanthus Lindl.

A genus of c. 90 species; c. 57 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Tropical Asia, Malesia, east to Fiji (not in Australia)

Seidenfaden, G. 1975. Orchid genera in Thailand: 2. Cleisostoma Bl. Dansk Bot. Ark. 29(3): 1 - 80.

 

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Cleisostoma subulatum Blume, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Java Cleisostoma nieuwenhuisii (J.J.Sm.) Garay, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Cleisostoma muticum (Rchb.f.) Garay, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Sumatra
 
Cleisostoma discolor Lindl., cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Cleisostoma scortechinii (Hook.f.) Garay, drawing by J.J. Smith  

last updated: 9 February 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera