Bletia purpurea, N.Martinez592--MX. Chiapas. Camino Finca Prusia a Queretaro. 12 Nov 04. 017.jpg
Native to Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Leeward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Rayón)
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
Nayely Martínez Melendez, Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Bletia
Specific Epithet
purpurea
Authorship
(Lam.) A.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#315,496 of 335,497
Top 95%
Extinction probability
9%
