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Bletia purpurata
1836 illustration Edwards's Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bletia
Species:	B. purpurata
Binomial name
Bletia purpurata Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms
Arethusa tigridiifolia Lex. Crybe rosea Lindl. Laelia purpurata var. praetexta Rchb.f. Arethusa rosea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl. Arethusa grandiflora S.Watson Bletia rosea (Lindl.) Dressler

Bletia purpurata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mexico and Central America, from Nicaragua to Tamaulipas, Sinaloa and Baja California Sur.

References

1. Hágsater, E. & M. Soto. 2003. Orchids of Mexico. Icones Orchidacearum (Mexico) 5–6: i–xxii, t. 501–t. 700.
2. Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.
3. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.

External links

• Line drawing for Flora of Panama, Bletia purpurata
• Conabio, NaturaLista, Bletia purpurata, un miembro de Orquídeas
• Lista de orquídeas mexicanas, Bletia purpurata
• Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz, Bletia purpurata A. Rich. & Galeotti
• Herbario Zamorano, Bletia purpurata

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