Bletia spicata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Bletia spicata (Walter) Sosa & M.W.Chase, Phytotaxa 456: 297 (2020)

Basionym
- Arethusa spicata Walter, Fl. Carol.: 222 (1788)
Homotypic
- Corallorhiza spicata (Walter) Tidestr. in I.Tidestrom & T.Kittell, Fl. Ariz. New Mex.: 733 (1941)
- Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart, Torreya 1904: 121 (1904)
Heterotypic
- Bletia aphylla Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 194 (1818)
- Hexalectris aphylla (Nutt.) Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1825)
- Hexalectris squamosa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 48 (1838)
- Hexalectris aphylla (Nutt.) A.Gray, Manual, ed. 6: 501 (1896)
- Hexalectris spicata f. albolabia P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 10 (1995)
- Hexalectris spicata f. lutea P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 10: 23 (2004 publ. 2005)
- Hexalectris spicata f. wilderi P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 10: 23 (2004 publ. 2005)

Native distribution areas:

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.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bletia spicata. Accessed: 2022 Jan 2.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bletia spicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 2. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bletia spicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 2. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Bletia spicata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Bletia spicata. Published online. Accessed: 2 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Bletia spicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Jan 2022.

English: Spiked crested coralroot