| Cleisostoma | |
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| Detail of Cleisostoma paniculatum flowers | |
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| 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] | |
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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]
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The orchid abbreviation is Cleis. [3]
