Cattleya tigrina

Cattleya tigrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Cattleya
Subgenus:	Cattleya subg. Intermediae
Species:	C. tigrina
Binomial name
	Cattleya tigrina; A.Rich.
Synonyms
	Cattleya guttata subvar. immaculata Rchb.f.; Cattleya guttata var. leopardina L. Linden & Rodigas; Cattleya guttata var. leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Linden & Rchb.f.; Cattleya guttata var. purpurea Cogn.; Cattleya guttata var. williamsiana Rchb.f.; Cattleya leopoldii f. alba (Fowlie) M. Wolff & O. Gruss; Cattleya leopoldii f. caerulea (L.C. Menezes) M. Wolff & O. Gruss; Cattleya leopoldii f. immaculata (Rchb.f.) M. Wolff & O. Gruss; Cattleya leopoldii var. alba Fowlie; Cattleya leopoldii var. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Fowlie; Cattleya leopoldii var. leopardina (L. Linden & Rodigas) Fowlie; Cattleya leopoldii var. williamsiana (Rchb.f.) Fowlie; Cattleya leopoldii Verschaff. ex Lem.; Cattleya sororia Rchb.f.; Cattleya tigrina var. caerulea L.C. Menezes; Cattleya tigrina var. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Braem; Cattleya tigrina var. leopardina (L. Linden & Rodigas) Braem; Cattleya tigrina var. purpurea (Cogn.) Braem; Cattleya tigrina var. williamsiana (Rchb.f.) Braem; Epidendrum elatius var. leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Rchb.f.; Epidendrum elegans Vell.;

Cattleya tigrina is a bifoliate species of Cattleya orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. tigrina has been determined as 2n = 40.^[1]

Hybrids

Cattleya × elegans is a hybrid orchid with a formula hybridae Cattleya purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg (2008) × Cattleya tigrina A.Rich. (1848). It is found in South and South-East Brazil.

References

^ page 251 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract

External links

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[1] 251 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract

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