Bletia reflexa

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Bletia reflexa
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Edwards's Botanical Register
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bletia
Species:
B. reflexa
Binomial name
Bletia reflexa
Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Bletia jucunda Linden & Rchb.f.

Bletia reflexa is a species of orchid native to Guatemala, Honduras, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Panama. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1953. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 26(2): 399–727
  2. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  3. Correll, D. S. 1965. Supplement to the Orchids of Guatemala (and British Honduras). Fieldiana: Botany 31(7): 177–221.
  4. Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.