Bletia purpurata

Bletia purpurata
1836 illustration
Edwards's Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Genus:Bletia
Species: B. purpurata
Binomial name
Bletia purpurata
Ruiz & Pav. (1798)
Synonyms
  • Arethusa tigridiifolia Lex. (1825)
  • Crybe rosea Lindl. (1836)
  • Laelia purpurata var. praetexta Rchb.f. (1855)
  • Arethusa rosea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl. (1884)
  • Arethusa grandiflora S.Watson (1891)
  • Bletia rosea (Lindl.) Dressler (1964)

Bletia purpurata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mexico and Central America, from Nicaragua to Tamaulipas, Sinaloa and Baja California Sur.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Hágsater, E. & M. Soto. 2003. Orchids of Mexico. Icones Orchidacearum (Mexico) 5–6: i–xxii, t. 501–t. 700.
  2. ↑ Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.
  3. ↑ Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.


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