Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1914-2013)
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.

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vol. 36 (1949)

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t. 149 p. 5

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name cited:
Bletia purpurea (Lam.)DC.
name cited (basionym):
Limodorum purpureum Lam.
name recognized:
Bletia purpurea (Lam.)DC.
name recognized (basionym):
Limodorum purpureum Lam.

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drawing: G.W. Dillon

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family: Orchidaceae
subfamily: Epidendroideae
tribe: Arethuseae
subtribe: Bletiinae

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epithet: purpureus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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link to this page:
https://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=116573

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Limodorum purpureum Lam.; Serapias purpurea (Lam.) Poiret;