Cattleya × elegans

Cattleya × elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Cattleya
Nothospecies: Cattleya × elegans

Name

Cattleya × elegans C.Morren, Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 4: 93 (1848)

• Formula hybridae: Cattleya purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg (2008) × Cattleya tigrina A.Rich. (1848)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Laelia × elegans (C.Morren) Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 13: 242 (1855)
  • Bletia × elegans (C.Morren) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 427 (1862)
  • × Laeliocattleya elegans (C.Morren) Rolfe, Gard. Chron. 1889(1): 619 (1889)
  • × Sophrocattleya elegans (C.Morren) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 111 (2001)
  • × Hadrocattleya elegans (C.Morren) V.P.Castro & Chiron, Richardiana 2: 26 (2002)
  • × Brasicattleya elegans (C.Morren) Campacci, Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 103 (2006)
• Heterotypic
  • Laelia × brysiana Lem., Ill. Hort. 3: 48 (1856)
  • Laelia × elegans var. houtteana Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 16: 281 (1860)
  • Bletia × elegans var. houtteana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 55 (1862)
  • Laelia × gigantea R.Warner, Select Orchid. Pl. 1: t. 6 (1862)
  • Laelia × turneri R.Warner, Select Orchid. Pl. 1: t. 12 (1862)
  • Cattleya × devonia auct., Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 372 (1863)
  • Laelia × devoniensis Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 8: 424 (1877)
  • Laelia × elegans var. alba Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 66 (1877)
  • Cattleya × devoniensis (Rchb.f.) T.Moore, Fl. Mag. (London) 1881: t. 437 (1881)
  • Laelia × elegans var. picta Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 21: 140 (1884)
  • Laelia × elegans var. gigantea (R.Warner) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 67 1887)
  • Laelia × elegans var. incantans Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., III, 2: 333 (1887)
  • Laelia × elegans var. schilleriana A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 67 (1887)
  • Laelia × elegans var. turneri (R.Warner) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 67 1887)
  • Laelia × elegans var. morreniana Rchb.f., Orchid Album 7: t. 331 (1888)
  • Laelia × elegans var. tautziana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., III, 3: 330 (1888)
  • Laelia × pachystele Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1888(2): 596 (1888)
  • × Laeliocattleya pachystele (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1888(2): 596 (1888)
  • Laelia × elegans var. blenheimensis B.S.Williams, Orchid Album 9: t. 393 (1891)
  • × Laeliocattleya elegans var. leucotata L.Linden, Lindenia 9: 61 (1893)
  • × Laeliocattleya sayana Linden, J. Orchidées 5: 220 (1894)
  • × Laeliocattleya schulziana Linden, Lindenia 11: 21 (1895)
  • × Hadrocattleya elegans f. leucotata (L.Linden) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat., Orquidologia Sul-mer.: 102 (2004)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Morren, C.F.A. 1848. Annales de la Societe Royale d'Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand: Journal d'Horticulture et des Sciences Accessoires 4: 93.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cattleya elegans. Accessed: 2022 May 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cattleya × elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cattleya × elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cattleya × elegans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cattleya × elegans. Published online. Accessed: 27 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cattleya elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 May 2022.

Vernacular names

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