Bletia

Bletia
1836 illustration
Curtis's botanical magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Tribe:Epidendreae
Subtribe:Bletiinae
Genus:Bletia
Ruiz & Pav., 1794
Type species
Bletia catenulata
Synonyms[2]
  • Gyas Salisb.
  • Bletiana Raf.
  • Thiebautia Colla
  • Crybe Lindl.
  • Anthogyas Raf.
  • Regnellia Barb.Rodr.

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

Accepted species as of May 2014:[2]

  • Bletia adenocarpa Rchb.f. (1856)
  • Bletia amabilis C.Schweinf. (1938)
  • Bletia antillana M.A.Diaz & Sosa (1997)
  • Bletia campanulata Lex. (1825)
  • Bletia candida Kraenzl. (1920)
  • Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pav. (1798)
  • Bletia coccinea Lex. (1825)
  • Bletia concolor Dressler (1968)
  • Bletia ensifolia L.O.Williams (1946)
  • Bletia florida (Salisb.) R.Br. (1813)
  • Bletia gracilis Lodd. (1833)
  • Bletia greenmaniana L.O.Williams (1946)
  • Bletia greenwoodiana Sosa (1994)
  • Bletia lilacina A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845)
  • Bletia macristhmochila Greenm. (1897)
  • Bletia meridana (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst. (1976)
  • Bletia neglecta Sosa (1994)
  • Bletia nelsonii Ames (1922)
  • Bletia netzeri Senghas (1993)
  • Bletia parkinsonii Hook. (1839)
  • Bletia parviflora Ruiz & Pav. (1798)
  • Bletia patula Hook. (1836)
  • Bletia punctata Lex. (1825)
  • Bletia purpurata A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845)
  • Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC. (1840)
  • Bletia reflexa Lindl. (1836)
  • Bletia repanda Ruiz & Pav. (1798)
  • Bletia riparia Sosa & Palestina (2002)
  • Bletia roezlii Rchb.f. (1876)
  • Bletia similis Dressler (1968)
  • Bletia stenophylla Schltr. (1919)
  • Bletia tenuifolia Ames & C.Schweinf. (1933)
  • Bletia uniflora Ruiz & Pav. (1798)
  • Bletia urbana Dressler (1968)
  • Bletia warfordiana Sosa (1994)

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Britton et Millspaugh, Bahama Flora 96 (1920)
  2. 1 2 3 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. . 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
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