As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
species
Bletia purpurea
This species name was first published in Rapp. [Not.] Pl. Rar. Genève 8: 23 (1840)
At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000345854.
Synonyms of Bletia purpurea
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limodorum purpureum | Encycl. 3: 515 (1792) | wfo-0000227771 | ||
| Limodorum trifidum | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 159 (1803) | wfo-0000227805 | ||
| Limodorum tuberosum | Collectanea 4: 108 (1791) | wfo-0000227809 | ||
| Limodorum verecundum | Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 9 (1796) | wfo-0000227821 | ||
| Serapias purpurea | Tabl. Encycl. 3: 306 (1823) | wfo-0000309511 | ||
| Bletia acutipetala | Bot. Mag. 60: t. 3217 (1833) | wfo-0000344524 | ||
| Bletia havannensis | Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24: t. 28 (1838) | wfo-0000345256 | ||
| Bletia pallida | Bot. Cab. 7: t. 629 (1822) | wfo-0000345632 | ||
| Bletia pottsii | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 478 (1887) | wfo-0000345761 | ||
| Bletia pulchella | Gard. Chron. 1850: 168 1850 | — | wfo-0000345792 | |
| Bletia verecunda | Hortus Kew. 5: 206 (1813) | wfo-0000346303 | ||
| Bletia purpurea var. alba | Rhodora 62: 236 (1960) | wfo-0000791796 | ||
| Bletia purpurea var. pittieri | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 50 (1922) | wfo-0000791797 | ||
| Bletia expansa | Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1829: 14 (1829) | wfo-0000921340 | ||
| Cymbidium altum | Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 105 (1805) | wfo-0000934299 | ||
| Cymbidium trifidum | Neues J. Bot. 1(1): 76 (1805) | wfo-0000934666 | ||
| Cymbidium verecundum | Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. , ser. 2, 6: 75 (1799) | wfo-0000934682 | ||
| Epidendrum altum | Encycl. , Suppl. 1: 374 (1810) | wfo-0000949408 | ||
| Gyas verecunda | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812) | wfo-0000976511 | ||
| Helleborine americana | Nomencl. Bot. 1: 398 (1821) | wfo-0000981102 | ||
| Cymbidium floridum | Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 9 1796 | — | wfo-0001088453 | |
| Bletia purpurea var. purpurea | – | – | — | wfo-0001258671 |
| Bletia pulchella | Gard. Chron. 1850: 168 (1850) | wfo-1000053536 |