Bletia
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.[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]
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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List of species
Accepted species include:[8][2]
- 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
