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Cleistesiopsis oricamporum

P.M. Brown

Small Dragonhead Pogonia

G3Vulnerable (G3?) Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.848776

Element CodePMORC69010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderOrchidales

FamilyOrchidaceae

GenusCleistesiopsis

Concept Reference

Pansarin, E.R., and P.M. Brown. 2009. A new genus for the North American Cleistes. North American Native Orchid Journal 15: 50-58. [http://culturesheet.org/_media/users:nanoj:nanoj_15_1.pdf]

Taxonomic Comments

Pansarin and Brown (2009) split Cleistesiopsis oricamporum out of Cleistes bifaria. "Those (plants) of the mountain counties in W. Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia are Cleistes bifaria and those plants from the coastal and nearby piedmont counties of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and a possible record for Texas would all be referable to Cleistesiopsis oricamporum" (Pansarin and Brown 2009). C. oricamporum and C. divaricata are phenologically separated where they co-occur (Weakley et al. 2024).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-05-02

Change Date2013-05-02

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
Alabama	S4	Yes
Virginia	S1	Yes
South Carolina	S3	Yes
North Carolina	S2	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Louisiana	S1	Yes
Mississippi	S3	Yes
Florida	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Florida (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gum Bay	Apalachicola National Forest	11,645
Long Bay	Apalachicola National Forest	5,726

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pocosin Addition	Croatan National Forest	286

References (3)

Pansarin, E.R., and P.M. Brown. 2009. A new genus for the North American <i>Cleistes</i>. North American Native Orchid Journal 15: 50-58. [http://culturesheet.org/_media/users:nanoj:nanoj_15_1.pdf]
Weakley, A. S. 2012. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Working Draft of 30 November 2012. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Online. Available: http://herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm (Accessed 2012).
Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2024. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of March 4, 2024. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2203 pp.