Bletilla striata

Bletilla striata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Arethuseae
Subtribus: Coelogyninae
Genus: Bletilla
Species: Bletilla striata

Name

Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 75 (1878)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Limodorum striatum Thunb. in J.A.Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 816 (1784)
• Homotypic
  • Epidendrum striatum (Thunb.) Thunb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 327 (1794)
  • Cymbidium striatum (Thunb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 77 (1799)
  • Bletia striata (Thunb.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 609 (1917)
  • Jimensia striata (Thunb.) Garay & R.E.Schult., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 18: 184 (1958)
• Heterotypic
  • Cymbidium hyacinthinum Sm., Exot. Bot. 1: 117 (1805)
  • Limodorum hyacinthinum (Sm.) Donn, Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 4: 201 (1807)
  • Gyas humilis Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 300 (1812)
  • Bletia hyacinthina (Sm.) Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 206 (1813)
  • Jimensia nervosa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 38 (1838)
  • Bletia gebina Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 307 (1847)
  • Sobralia bletioides Brongn. ex Decne., Rev. Hort., III, 1: 421 (1847)
  • Bletilla gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 8: 246 (1853)
  • Calanthe gebina (Lindl.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 6: 11 (1855)
  • Bletia hyacinthina var. gebina (Lindl.) Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 17 (1858)
  • Polytoma inodora Lour. ex B.A.Gomes, Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 30 (1868)
  • Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 75 (1878)
  • Coelogyne elegantula Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 111 (1921)
  • Bletilla striata var. albomarginata Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 6: 31 (1929)
  • Bletilla striata f. gebina (Lindl.) Ohwi, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 70 (1953)
  • Bletilla elegantula (Kraenzl.) Garay & G.A.Romero, Harvard Pap. Bot. 3: 53 (1998)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto. Asia-Tropical Indo-China Myanmar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1878. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 75.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 35 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Emonocot.org 2013. Bletilla striata in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Aug. 3.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Bletilla striata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Oct. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Bletilla striata. Published online. Accessed 12. Oct. 2012.
• The Plant List 2013. Bletilla striata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 May 23.
• Tropicos.org 2012. Bletilla striata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Oct. 21.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bletilla striata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese ground orchid
español: Orquídea urna
suomi: Mikadonkämmen
français: Orchidée jacinthe
hornjoserbsce: Smužkata bletila
日本語: シラン
한국어: 자란
polski: Bletilla pasiasta
Tiếng Việt: Bạch cập
中文: 白芨

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