Bletia

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]

Bletia
1836 illustration
Curtis's botanical magazine
Scientific classification
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
Ruiz & Pav.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gyas Salisb.
  • Bletiana Raf.
  • Thiebautia Colla
  • Crybe Lindl.
  • Anthogyas Raf.
  • Regnellia Barb.Rodr.

List of species

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
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References
  1. lectotype designated by Britton et Millspaugh, Bahama Flora 96 (1920)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
  4. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.
  6. Biota of North America Program, genus Bletia
  7. Flora of North America v 26 p 602, genus Bletia
  • Media related to Bletia at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Bletia at Wikispecies
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