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[ Blephilia ] [ Bletia ] [ Bletiana ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Bletia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Bletia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Orchidales Raf. pub. Anal. Nat.: 197. Apr-Jul 1815.       Subordo  Orchidineae Rchb. pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: xxxviii. Jul 1841.       Familia  Orchidaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Orchids       Tribus  Bletieae Benth. pub. Fl. Austral. 6: 270, 302. 23 Sep 1873.    Subtribus  Bletiinae Benth. pub. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 287. 21 Feb 1881.    Genus  Bletia Ruiz & Pav. pub. (1794)

Named members of the Genus Bletia

1	Species  patula Graham
	2    Varietas  alba A.D. Hawkes common name: flor de pasmo  (Mexico) 3    Varietas  patula common name: flor de pasmo  (Mexico)
4	Species  purpurea (Lam.) DC. common name: pinepink
5	Species  Ruiz & Pav�n common name: bletia

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.