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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Bletia''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Arethuseae]]
| subtribus = [[Bletiinae]]
| alliance = Calanthe
| genus = '''''Bletia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]], [[1794]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Bletia altilamellata]]''
*''[[Bletia catenulata]]''
*''[[Bletia ensiformis]]''
*''[[Bletia parkinsonii]]''
*''[[Bletia patula]]''
*''[[Bletia purpurea]]''
*''[[Bletia reflexa]]''
*''[[Bletia striata]]''
*''[[Bletia uniflora]]''
*etc.
}}
'''''Bletia''''' is a [[genus]] of about 30 [[species]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae), almost of all of which are terrestrial, some are occasionally [[lithophytic]] or [[epiphytic]]. It is named after [[Spain|Spanish]] [[botanist]] and [[pharmacist]] [[Don Luis Blet]]. The genus is distributed from [[Florida]] south to [[Brazil]].
The following genera: '''''Anthogyas''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]]</small>, '''''Bletiana''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]]</small>, '''''Crybe''''' <small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]]</small>, '''''Gyas''''' <small>[[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]</small>, '''''Regnellia''''' <small>[[Barb. Rodr.]]</small> and '''''Thiebautia''''' <small>[[Luigi Aloysius Colla|Colla]]</small> have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Bletia''.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]