Bletilla striata

Bletilla striata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Genus: Bletilla
Species:
B. striata
Binomial name
Bletilla striata
Synonyms[1]
Synonyms list
  • Bletia gebina Lindl. (1847)
  • Bletia hyacinthina (Sm.) Aiton (1813)
  • Bletia hyacinthina var. gebina (Lindl.) Blume (1858)
  • Bletia striata (Thunb.) Druce (1917)
  • Bletilla elegantula (Kraenzl.) Garay & G.A. Romero (1998)
  • Bletilla gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1853)
  • Bletilla striata f. gebina (Lindl.) Ohwi (1953)
  • Bletilla striata var. albomarginata Makino (1929)
  • Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1852)
  • Calanthe gebina (Lindl.) Lindl. (1855)
  • Coelogyne elegantula Kraenzl. (1921)
  • Cymbidium hyacinthinum Sm. (1805)
  • Cymbidium striatum (Thunb.) Sw. (1799)
  • Epidendrum striatum (Thunb.) Thunb. (1794)
  • Gyas humilis Salisb. (1812)
  • Jimensia nervosa Raf. (1838)
  • Jimensia striata (Thunb.) Garay & R.E. Schult. (1958)
  • Limodorum hyacinthinum (Sm.) Donn (1807)
  • Limodorum striatum Thunb. (1784) (Basionym)
  • Polytoma inodora Lour. ex Gomes Mach. (1868)
  • Sobralia bletioides Brongn. ex Decne. (1847)

Bletilla striata, known as hyacinth orchid[2] or Chinese ground orchid,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae, native to Japan, Korea, Myanmar (Burma), and China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang).[1][4] It is most commonly found growing in clumps alongside grassy slopes with sandy soil.[5]

The Latin specific epithet striata means "striped", in reference to the ribbed leaves.[6]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RHSPF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ Flora of China v 25 p 210, 白及 bai ji, Bletilla striata
  5. ^ Ōi, Jisaburō. Flora of Japan (English translation). The Smithsonian Institution, 1965
  6. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.