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

External links

• Media related to Cleistesiopsis bifaria at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cleistesiopsis bifaria at Wikispecies
• North American Orchid Conservation Center, Go Orchids: Cleistesiopsis bifaria (Small Spreading Pogonia)