Cyclopogon

Cyclopogon
Cyclopogon elatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Cyclopogon
C.Presl (1827)
Synonyms[1]
  • Beadlea Small
  • Stigmatosema Garay
  • Cocleorchis Szlach.
  • Warscaea Szlach.

Cyclopogon is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a fairly large genus distributed widely over much of South America, the Galápagos, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, with 2 species (C. elatus + C. cranichoides) in southern Florida.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 520, Cyclopogon
  3. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.