Cleistesiopsis bifaria

Smaller spreading pogonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
Tribe: Pogonieae
Genus: Cleistesiopsis
Species: C. bifaria
Binomial name
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
(Fernald) Pansarin & F.Barros
Synonyms[1]
  • Cleistes divaricata var. bifaria Fernald
  • Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg
  • Pogonia bifaria (Fernald) P.M.Br. & Wunderlin

Cleistesiopsis bifaria, the Smaller spreading pogonia, is a terrestrial species of orchid native to the eastern United States, along the Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to Alabama.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 511, Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg, Lindleyana. 7: 65. 1992.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map

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