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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Bletia
|accepted_authority=Ruiz & Pavon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Peruv. Prodr.,
|place=119, plate 26. 1794
|year=1794
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Arethuseae;Orchidaceae (tribe Arethuseae) subtribe Bletiinae;Bletia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Arethuseae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Arethuseae) subtribe Bletiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bletia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Luis Blet, a Catalonian apothecary of the eighteenth century who accompanied Ruiz and Pavón on their New World explorations
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 495, 604
|treatment_page=page 602
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>herbs, terrestrial, cespitose, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> fleshy, velamentous. <b>Stems</b> short, stout rhizomes and pseudobulbs. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, 3–5, basal and cauline, petiolate; blade articulate, pleated, thin. <b>Inflorescences</b> lateral, racemes or sparsely branched panicles, erect, scapose, 3–80-flowered; floral bracts distant, tubular. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate; sepals and petals subsimilar, distinct; lip attached to base of column, margins entire to 3-lobed; disc smooth, lamellate or with 5–7 denticulate crests; column elongate, arcuate, sometimes winged distally; anther terminal, incumbent; pollinia 8 in 2 sets of 4, yellow, compressed, hard, waxy or rarely mealy; stigma entire; ovary pedicellate. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, cylindric.</span><!--

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|distribution=s Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 31 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=dodson1980a
|text=Dodson, C. H. and P. M. Dodson. 1980. Bletia purpurea. Icon. Pl. Trop. 1: plate 7.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=dressler1968a
|text=Dressler, R. L. 1968. Notes on Bletia (Orchidaceae). Brittonia 20: 182–190.
}}
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Sepals (12–)15–26 mm; pedicellate ovary 9–18 mm; column foot present.
|[[Bletia purpurea|Bletia purpurea]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Sepals 30–40 mm; pedicellate ovary 20–35 mm; column foot absent.
|[[Bletia patula|Bletia patula]]
|}
</div></div><!--

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name=Bletia
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Ruiz & Pavon
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=s Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=dodson1980a;dressler1968a
|publication title=Fl. Peruv. Prodr.,
|publication year=1794
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Arethuseae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Arethuseae) subtribe Bletiinae
|genus=Bletia
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