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Bletia

Genus of orchids

Genus of orchids

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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. 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.

List of species

Accepted species include:

  • Bletia adenocarpa Rchb.f.
  • Bletia altilamellata Garay
  • Bletia amabilis C.Schweinf.
  • Bletia antillana M.A.Diaz & Sosa
  • Bletia arizonica (S.Watson) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia brevicaulis (L.O.Williams) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia campanulata Lex.
  • Bletia candida Kraenzl.
  • Bletia carabiaiana L.O.Williams
  • Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Bletia coccinea Lex.
  • Bletia colemanii (Catling) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia concolor Dressler
  • Bletia corallicola (Small) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia × ekmanii Serguera & Sánchez Los.
  • Bletia ensifolia L.O.Williams
  • Bletia fallax (M.I.Rodr. & R.González) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia florida (Salisb.) R.Br.
  • Bletia gracilis Lodd.
  • Bletia greenmaniana L.O.Williams
  • Bletia greenwoodiana Sosa
  • Bletia hamiltoniana (Ackerman & Whitten) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia hoffmannii (M.A.Díaz & Llamacho) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia lilacina A.Rich. & Galeotti
  • Bletia macristhmochila Greenm.
  • Bletia meridana (Rchb.f.)Garay & Dunst.
  • Bletia mexicana (Greenm.)Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia mixtecana Salazar & C.Chávez
  • Bletia neglecta Sosa
  • Bletia nelsonii Ames
  • Bletia netzeri Senghas
  • Bletia nitida (L.O.Williams) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia parkinsonii Hook.
  • Bletia parva Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia patula Hook.
  • Bletia punctata Lex.
  • Bletia purpurata A.Rich. & Galeotti
  • Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC.
  • Bletia reflexa Lindl.
  • Bletia revoluta (Correll) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia riparia Sosa & Palestina
  • Bletia roezlii Rchb.f.
  • Bletia santosii H.Ávila, J.G.González & Art.Castro
  • Bletia sarcophylla Rchb.f.
  • Bletia × similis Dressler
  • Bletia spicata (Walter)Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia stenophylla Schltr.
  • Bletia × tamayoana S.Rosillo ex Soltero
  • Bletia tenuifolia Ames & C.Schweinf.
  • Bletia urbana Dressler
  • Bletia villae Soto Arenas
  • Bletia volubilis M.A.Díaz
  • Bletia wageneri Rchb.f.
  • Bletia warfordiana Sosa
  • Bletia warnockii (Ames & Correll) Sosa & M.W.Chase
  • Bletia wrightii Acuña

References

References

  1. lectotype designated by Britton et Millspaugh, Bahama Flora 96 (1920)
  2. Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
  3. "Archived copy".
  4. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=22456 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  5. McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.
  6. [http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Genus/Bletia.png Biota of North America Program, genus ''Bletia'']
  7. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=104099 Flora of North America v 26 p 602, genus ''Bletia'']
  8. . (n.d.). ["Bletia Ruiz & Pav."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30019970-2). *The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
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