PLANTS Profile for Cleistes bifaria (small spreading pogonia)

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PLANTS Profile

Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg
small spreading pogonia

Symbol:

CLBI3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg

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Synonyms:
Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg

	CLDIB	Cleistes divaricata (L.) Ames var. bifaria Fernald
	POBI18	Pogonia bifaria (Fernald) P.M. Brown & Wunderlin

Distribution:
Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg


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USA (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg

View 126 genera in Orchidaceae, 2 species in Cleistes

Classification:
Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Cleistes Rich. ex Lindl. – rosebud orchid
Species	Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg – small spreading pogonia

More Accounts and Images:
Cleistes bifaria (Fernald) Catling & Gregg

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 506901.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 10:38 AM CDT