Cattleya forbesii

Cattleya forbesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Genus:Cattleya
Subgenus:Cattleya subg. Intermediae
Species: C. forbesii
Binomial name
Cattleya forbesii
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum pauper Vell.
  • Maelenia paradoxa Dumort.
  • Cattleya vestalis Hoffmanns.
  • Cattleya fulva Beer
  • Cattleya isopetala Beer
  • Epidendrum forbesii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Cattleya forbesii var. viridiflora Horta
  • Cattleya pauper (Vell.) Stellfeld

Cattleya forbesii, the Forbes' cattleya, is a species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. forbesii has been determined as 2n = 54–60.[1]

  1. ↑ page 250 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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.