Bletia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Bletiinae
Genus: Bletia

Overview of species (52)

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

Nothospecies (3)

B. × ekmanii – B. × similis – B. × tamayoana

Name

Bletia Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 119, t. 26. (1794)

Type species: Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pav., Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil.: 229 (1798)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Gyas Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812)
- Bletiana Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818)
- Hexalectris Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1825)
- 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)
- Carteria Small, Torreya 10: 187 (1910), non Diesing (1866)
- Basiphyllaea Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 77 (1921)

Distribution

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.
- 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: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

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 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.
Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis prodromus, sive Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium descriptiones, et icones. XXII + 154 pp., 37 tt. Sancha, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bletia. Accessed: 2022 Jan 2.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bletia 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 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. 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. Published online. Accessed: 2 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Bletia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

فارسی: بلتیا
перем коми: Блетия
коми: Блетия
мокшень: Блетия
олык марий: Блетия
кырык мары: Блети
Nāhuatl: Tzaucxōchitl
удмурт: Блетия
中文: 拟白及属