Bletilla

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bletilla']

English: Urn orchids
مصرى: بليتيلا
български: Блетила
español: Orquídea urna
suomi: Mikadonkämmenet
français: Orchidée jacinthe
hornjoserbsce: Bletila
日本語: シラン (植物)
한국어: 자란
перем коми: Блетилла
коми: Блетилла
lietuvių: Kryputė
мокшень: Блетилла
олык марий: Блетилла
кырык мары: Блетилла
русский: Блетилла
удмурт: Блетилла
Tiếng Việt: Bạch cập
中文: 白芨, 白及属
中文（中国大陆）: 白芨属
中文（简体）: 白及属
中文（繁體）: 白芨屬
中文（香港）: 白芨屬
中文（新加坡）: 白芨属
中文（臺灣）: 白芨屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Arethuseae • Subtribus: Coelogyninae • Genus: Bletilla Rchb.f. (1853)

Genus Bletilla Rchb.f. (1853)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Jimensia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 38 (1838) Polytoma Lour. ex B.A.Gomes, Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 30 (1868)

6 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 20 March 2021):
B. chartacea, B. foliosa, B. formosana, B. guizhouensis, B. ochracea, B. striata

Included species (for Tropicos, 20 March 2021):
B. chartacea, B. chinensis, B. cotoensis, B. elegantula, B. florida, B. foliosa, B. formosana, B. gebina, B. hyacinthina, B. japonica, B. kotoensis, B. morrisonensis, B. morrisonicola, B. ochracea, B. scopulorum, B. sinensis, B. striata, B. szetschuanica, B. yunnanensis Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Rchb.f. (1878)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Asia-Temperate China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indo-China Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

References

Description of taxon

Reichenbach, H.G. (1853) Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 8: 246. 1852-1853.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 35 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Bletilla.