Bletia

Life-forms

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 (34)

B. adenocarpa – B. altilamellata – B. amabilis – B. antillana – B. campanulata – B. candida – B. catenulata – B. coccinea – B. concolor – B. ensifolia – B. florida – B. gracilis – B. greenmaniana – B. greenwoodiana – B. lilacina – B. macristhmochila – B. meridana – B. mixtecana – B. neglecta – B. nelsonii – B. netzeri – B. parkinsonii – B. patula – B. punctata – B. purpurata – B. purpurea – B. reflexa – B. riparia – B. roezlii – B. stenophylla – B. tenuifolia – B. urbana – B. villae – B. warfordiana
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)
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)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
Florida.
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, 2nd 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. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bletia. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bletia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bletia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bletia. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Bletia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13.

Vernacular names

فارسی: بلتیا
перем коми: Блетия
коми: Блетия
мокшень: Блетия
олык марий: Блетия
кырык мары: Блети
Nāhuatl: Tzaucxōchitl
удмурт: Блетия

Bletia is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic.[3][4] It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is widespread across Florida, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Argentina.[2][5][6][7]
List of species

Accepted species as of May 2014:[2]

Bletia adenocarpa Rchb.f.
Bletia amabilis C.Schweinf.
Bletia antillana M.A.Diaz & Sosa
Bletia campanulata Lex.
Bletia candida Kraenzl.
Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pav.
Bletia coccinea Lex.
Bletia concolor Dressler
Bletia ensifolia L.O.Williams
Bletia florida (Salisb.) R.Br.
Bletia gracilis Lodd.
Bletia greenmaniana L.O.Williams
Bletia greenwoodiana Sosa
Bletia lilacina A.Rich. & Galeotti
Bletia macristhmochila Greenm.
Bletia meridana (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst.
Bletia neglecta Sosa
Bletia nelsonii Ames
Bletia netzeri Senghas
Bletia parkinsonii Hook.
Bletia parviflora Ruiz & Pav.
Bletia patula Hook.
Bletia punctata Lex.
Bletia purpurata A.Rich. & Galeotti
Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC.
Bletia reflexa Lindl.
Bletia repanda Ruiz & Pav.
Bletia riparia Sosa & Palestina
Bletia roezlii Rchb.f.
Bletia similis Dressler
Bletia stenophylla Schltr.
Bletia tenuifolia Ames & C.Schweinf.
Bletia uniflora Ruiz & Pav.
Bletia urbana Dressler
Bletia warfordiana Sosa

References

lectotype designated by Britton et Millspaugh, Bahama Flora 96 (1920)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.
Biota of North America Program, genus Bletia
Flora of North America v 26 p 602, genus Bletia