Bletia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bletia']

مصرى: بليتيا
čeština: bletie
فارسی: بلتیا
перем коми: Блетия
коми: Блетия
мокшень: Блетия
олык марий: Блетия
മലയാളം: ബ്ലെറ്റിയ
кырык мары: Блети
Nāhuatl: Tzaucxōchitl
удмурт: Блетия
中文: 拟白及属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Bletiinae • Genus: Bletia Ruiz & Pav. (1794)

Genus Bletia Ruiz & Pav. (1794)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Gyas Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812) Bletiana Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818) Thiebautia Colla, Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 161 (1825) Crybe Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 446 (1836) Anthogyas Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 44 (1838) Regnellia Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 81 (1877)

52 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 2 January 2022):

B. adenocarpa, B. altilamellata, B. amabilis, B. antillana, B. arizonica, B. brevicaulis, B. campanulata, B. candida, B. carabiaiana, B. catenulata, B. coccinea, B. colemanii, B. concolor, B. corallicola, B. ensifolia, B. fallax, B. florida, B. gracilis, B. greenmaniana, B. greenwoodiana, B. hamiltoniana, B. hoffmannii, B. lilacina, B. macristhmochila, B. meridana, B. mexicana, B. mixtecana, B. neglecta, B. nelsonii, B. netzeri, B. nitida, B. parkinsonii, B. parva, B. patula, B. punctata, B. purpurata, B. purpurea, B. reflexa, B. revoluta, B. riparia, B. roezlii, B. santosii, B. sarcophylla, B. spicata, B. stenophylla, B. tenuifolia, B. urbana, B. villae, B. volubilis, B. warfordiana, B. warnockii, B. wrightii

Included species (for Tropicos, 2 January 2022):

B. acaulis, B. acuminata, B. acutipetala, B. adenocarpa, B. albida, B. alta, B. altilamellata, B. amabilis, B. amazonica, B. amboinensis, B. anceps, B. angustata, B. angustifolia, B. anomala, B. antillana, B. aphylla, B. arizonica, B. attenuata, B. autumnalis, B. bicallosa, B. boothiana, B. bracteosa, B. brevicaulis, B. campanulata, B. candida, B. capitata, B. carabiaiana, B. casperiana, B. catenulata, B. caulescens, B. ceboletta, B. ciliata, B. cinnabarina, B. cinnamomea, B. coccinea, B. colemanii, B. concolor, B. corallicola, B. cordata, B. crispa, B. crispilabia, B. crispina, B. cucullata, B. dabia, B. densiflora, B. digbyana, B. domingensis, B. ecuadorensis, B. edwardsii, B. elegans, B. ensifolia, B. ensiformis, B. eulophiae, B. euspatha, B. fallax, B. flabellata, B. flava, B. florida, B. formosana, B. fulgens, B. furfuracea, B. gebina, B. glauca, B. gloriosa, B. godseffiana, B. gracilis, B. graminifolia, B. grandiflora, B. grandis, B. greenmaniana, B. greenwoodiana, B. guineensis, B. hamiltoniana, B. havanensis, B. havannensis, B. hoffmannii, B. humboldtii, B. humilis, B. hyacinthina, B. irrorata, B. jongheana, B. jucunda, B. kotoensis, B. landsbergii, B. lankesteri, B. latifolia, B. lilacina, B. lindenii, B. lindleyana, B. lineata, B. lobata, B. longipes, B. lundii, B. lyonsii, B. macristhmochila, B. mandonii, B. marginata, B. martiana, B. masuca, B. meridana, B. mexicana, B. mixtecana, B. montana, B. morrisonicola, B. nagelii, B. neglecta, B. nelsonii, B. netzeri, B. nipponica, B. nitida, B. nodosa, B. obcordata, B. ortgiesiana, B. pallida, B. palmeri, B. papillifera, B. parkinsonii, B. parva, B. parviflora, B. patula, B. paulinae, B. peduncularis, B. perrinii, B. pittieri, B. pottsii, B. praestans, B. pratensis, B. pulchella, B. pumila, B. pumilio, B. punctata, B. purpurata, B. purpurea, B. quadrifida, B. reflexa, B. repanda, B. retusa, B. revoluta, B. rhopalorrhachis, B. rigida, B. riparia, B. rodriguesii, B. roezlii, B. rosea, B. rubescens, B. rupestris, B. sanguinea, B. santosii, B. sarcophylla, B. schilleriana, B. schoenina, B. schomburgkii, B. secunda, B. shepherdii, B. sherrattiana, B. silvatica, B. similis, B. speciosa, B. spicata, B. splendens, B. stenophylla, B. striata, B. stricta, B. subaequalis, B. superbiens, B. sylvatica, B. tamayoana, B. tancarvilleae, B. tancarvilliae, B. tenera, B. tenuifolia, B. tibicinis, B. tuberculata, B. tuberculosa, B. tuberculosum, B. tuberosa, B. undulata, B. uniflora, B. urbana, B. venosa, B. verecunda, B. villae, B. villosa, B. violacea, B. volubilis, B. wageneri, B. wallisii, B. warcewiczii, B. warfordiana, B. warnockii, B. watsoni, B. wendlandii, B. woodfordii, B. wrightii, B. xanthina, B. × ekmanii, B. × elegans, B. × euspatha, B. × irrorata, B. × schilleriana, B. × tamayoana
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pav. (1798)

3 Nothospecies

Included nothospecies (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 2 January 2022):
B. × ekmanii, B. × similis, B. × tamayoana

Included nothospecies (for Tropicos, 2 January 2022):
B. xanthina, B. × ekmanii, B. × elegans, B. × euspatha, B. × irrorata, B. × schilleriana, B. × tamayoana Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Northern America
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma.
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia.
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela,
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

References

Description of taxon

Ruiz L.H. & Pavón, J.A., (1794). Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 119, pl. 26.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 167 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127

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Bletia

Genus Bletia Ruiz & Pav. (1794)

52 Species

3 Nothospecies

References

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