Cleistesiopsis bifaria

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]

Smaller spreading pogonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
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

References
  1. 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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