Bletia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Bletia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Bletia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bletia
Bletia is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost 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 widespread across Florida, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Argentina.
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Bletia adenocarpa
- Bletia amabilis
- Bletia antillana
- Bletia arizonica
- Bletia brevicaulis
- Bletia campanulata
- Bletia candida
- Bletia catenulata
- Bletia coccinea
- Bletia colemanii
- Bletia concolor
- Bletia corallicola
- Bletia ensifolia
- Bletia fallax
- Bletia florida
- Bletia gracilis
- Bletia greenmaniana
- Bletia greenwoodiana
- Bletia jucunda
- Bletia lilacina
- Bletia macristhmochila
- Bletia mexicana
- Bletia mixtecana
- Bletia neglecta
- Bletia nelsonii
- Bletia nitida
- Bletia parkinsonii
- Bletia parva
- Bletia patula
- Bletia punctata
- Bletia purpurata
- Bletia purpurea
- Bletia reflexa
- Bletia revoluta
- Bletia riparia
- Bletia roezlii
- Bletia santosii
- Bletia spicata
- Bletia tenuifolia
- Bletia urbana
- Bletia villae
- Bletia volubilis
- Bletia warfordiana
- Bletia warnockii
- Bletia wrightii
- Bletia × similis
- Bletia × tamayoana