Bletia florida

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bletia florida']

• English: slender pinepink

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 florida (Salisb.) R.Br. (1813)

Synonyms

Basionym Limodorum floridum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 9 (1796) Homotypic synonyms Gyas florida (Salisb.) Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812) Cymbidium floridum (Salisb.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 121 (1831) Bletilla florida (Salisb.) Rchb.f., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 8: 246 (1853) Heterotypic synonyms Thiebautia nervosa Colla, Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 161 (1825) Bletia shepherdii Hook., Bot. Mag. 61: t. 3319 (1834)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Bletia florida
  plate 1401 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 17,
  (1831)
• 
  Bletia florida
  (as syn.
  Bletia shepherdii)
  plate 3319 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 61,
  (1834)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Caribbean Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Bletia florida.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Bletia florida