Bletia

Bletia
Bletia
Bletia patula, Illustration.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Bletiinae
Alliance: Calanthe
Genus: Bletia
Ruiz & Pav., 1794

Bletia is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost of 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 distributed from Florida south to Brazil.

The following genera: Anthogyas Raf., Bletiana Raf., Crybe Lindl., Gyas Salisb., Regnellia Barb. Rodr. and Thiebautia Colla have been brought into synonymy with Bletia.

List of species

  • 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)

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