Bletia purpurea

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bletia purpurea']

• English: Pine-pink

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 • Species: Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC. (1840)

Synonyms

Basionym Limodorum purpureum Lam., Encycl. 3: 515 (1792) Homotypic synonyms Serapias purpurea (Lam.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 3: 306 (1823) Heterotypic synonyms Limodorum tuberosum Jacq., Collectanea 4: 108 (1790) Limodorum verecundum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 9 (1796) Cymbidium verecundum (Salisb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 75 (1799) Limodorum trifidum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 159 (1803) Cymbidium altum Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 105 (1805) Cymbidium trifidum (Michx.) Sw., Neues J. Bot. 1: 76 (1805) Epidendrum altum (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 374 (1810) Gyas verecunda (Salisb.) Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812) Bletia verecunda (Salisb.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 206 (1813) Helleborine americana Steud., Nomencl. Bot.: 398 (1821) Bletia pallida Lodd., Bot. Cab. 7: t. 629 (1822) Bletia expansa Ten., Index Seminum (NAP) 1829: 14 (1829) Bletia acutipetala Hook., Bot. Mag. 60: t. 3217 (1833) Bletia havannensis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24: t. 28 (1838) Bletia pulchella auct., Gard. Chron. 1850: 168 (1850) Bletia pottsii S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 478 (1887) Bletia purpurea var. pittieri Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 50 (1922) Bletia purpurea var. alba Ariza-Julia & J.Jiménez Alm., Rhodora 62: 236 (1960)

Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Bletia purpurea
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  Bletia acutipetala)
  plate 3173 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 60,
  (1833)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, lee Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Bletia purpurea.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Bletia purpurea