Cattleya forbesii

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

Cattleya forbesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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

References
  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


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