Hexalectris nitida L.O.Williams

First published in J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 81 (1944)
This name is a synonym of Bletia nitida

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico. [Cited as Hexalectris nitida.]
  • Coleman, R.A. & Fox, J. (2015). Hexalectris parviflora L.O.Williams (Orchidaceae) new to the United States flora. The Native Orchid Conference Journal 12(4): 15-21. [Cited as Hexalectris nitida.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Hexalectris nitida.]
  • Kennedy, A.H. & Watson, L.E. (2010). Species deliminations and phylogenetic relationships within the fully myco-heterotrophic Hexalectris (Orchidaceae). Systematic Botany 35: 64-76. [Cited as Hexalectris nitida.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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