Cattleya Lindl.
First published in Coll. Bot.: t. 33 (1824)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Costa Rica to Tropical America.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- × Brasicattleya Campacci in Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 102 (2006)
- Brasilaelia Campacci in Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 99 (2006)
- Cattleyella Van den Berg & M.W.Chase in Bol. CAOB 52: 100 (2004)
- Chironiella Braem in Richardiana 6: 108 (2006)
- Dungsia Chiron & V.P.Castro in Richardiana 2: 11 (2002)
- Eunannos Porta & Brade in Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 2: 212 (1935)
- × Hadrocattleya V.P.Castro & Chiron in Richardiana 2: 19 (2002)
- × Hadrodungsia V.P.Castro & Chiron in Richardiana 2: 19 (2002)
- Hadrolaelia (Schltr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro in Richardiana 2: 11 (2002)
- Hoffmannseggella H.G.Jones in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 14: 69 (1968)
- Lophoglotis Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 49 (1838)
- Maelenia Dumort. in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique 9: 13 (1834)
- × Microcattleya V.P.Castro & Chiron in Richardiana 2: 19 (2002)
- Microlaelia (Schltr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro in Richardiana 2: 11 (2002)
- Schluckebieria Braem in Richardiana 4: 49 (2004), nom. superfl.
- × Sophrocattleya Rolfe in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 169 (1887)
- Sophronia Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1129 (1828), nom. illeg.
- Sophronitis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1147 (1828)
Accepted Species
- Cattleya boissieri R.Hogg
- Cattleya dowiana Bateman & Rchb.f.
- Cattleya × hardyana Swan
- Cattleya loddigesii Lindl.
- Cattleya maxima Lindl.
- Cattleya mendelii Dombrain
- Cattleya percivaliana (Rchb.f.) O'Brien
- Cattleya quadricolor B.S.Williams
- Cattleya schroederae (Rchb.f.) Sander
- Cattleya trianae Linden & Rchb.f.
- Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Lindl.
- Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb.f.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2012 | s.coll. [s.n.] | K000878921 | Yes | ||
| 19661.000 | No | ||||
| Stannard, B. [H51673], Brazil | 58972.000 | No | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | 65219.000 | No | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000879033 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images