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| 1836 illustration Curtis's botanical magazine | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Bletiinae |
| Genus: | Bletia Ruiz & Pav. |
| Type species | |
| Bletia catenulata | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Bletia is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic.[3][4] It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is widespread across Florida, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Argentina.[2][5][6][7]
List of species
[edit]Accepted species as of May 2014:[2]
- Bletia adenocarpa Rchb.f.
- Bletia amabilis C.Schweinf.
- Bletia antillana M.A.Diaz & Sosa
- Bletia campanulata Lex.
- Bletia candida Kraenzl.
- Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pav.
- Bletia coccinea Lex.
- Bletia concolor Dressler
- Bletia ensifolia L.O.Williams
- Bletia florida (Salisb.) R.Br.
- Bletia gracilis Lodd.
- Bletia greenmaniana L.O.Williams
- Bletia greenwoodiana Sosa
- Bletia lilacina A.Rich. & Galeotti
- Bletia macristhmochila Greenm.
- Bletia meridana (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst.
- Bletia neglecta Sosa
- Bletia nelsonii Ames
- Bletia netzeri Senghas
- Bletia parkinsonii Hook.
- Bletia parviflora Ruiz & Pav.
- Bletia patula Hook.
- Bletia punctata Lex.
- Bletia purpurata A.Rich. & Galeotti
- Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC.
- Bletia reflexa Lindl.
- Bletia repanda Ruiz & Pav.
- Bletia riparia Sosa & Palestina
- Bletia roezlii Rchb.f.
- Bletia similis Dressler
- Bletia stenophylla Schltr.
- Bletia tenuifolia Ames & C.Schweinf.
- Bletia uniflora Ruiz & Pav.
- Bletia urbana Dressler
- Bletia warfordiana Sosa
References
[edit]- ^ lectotype designated by Britton et Millspaugh, Bahama Flora 96 (1920)
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - ^ McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.
- ^ Biota of North America Program, genus Bletia
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 602, genus Bletia
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