Cattleya elongata

Vernacular names

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery. (No wikidata item is associated with this gallery)

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Cattleya • Species: Cattleya elongata Barb.Rodr. (1877)

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms Cattleya alexandrae L.Linden & Rolfe, Gard. Chron., III, 1892(1): 522. (1892) Cattleya nilsonii Regel, Gartenflora 38: 481. (1889) Cattleya alexandrae var. elegans Rolfe, Lindenia 8: 47. (1892) Cattleya alexandrae var. tenebrosa Rolfe, Gard. Chron. 1892(1): 522. (1892) Cattleya alexandrae var. maculata auct., Orchid Rev. 3: 330. (1895) Cattleya alexandrae var. rosea auct., Orchid Rev. 3: 330. (1895) Cattleya elongata var. elegans (Rolfe) Fowlie, Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas: 89. (1977) Cattleya elongata var. tenebrosa (Rolfe) Fowlie, Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas: 89. (1977) Cattleya elongata var. maculata (auct.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 35. (1984) Cattleya elongata var. rosea (auct.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 36. (1984) Cattleya elongata f. alba F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat., Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 101 (2004)

Flowers

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Leaves

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Botanical illustrations

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  Cattleya elongata
  (as syn.
  Laelia longipes)
  plate 7543 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 123,
  (1897)
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  Cattleya elongata
  (as syn.
  Cattleya elongata)
  plate 50 in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Northern South America Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast.

References

Description of taxon

• Barbosa Rodrigues, J. (1877) Genera et Species Orchidearum Novarum 1: 72.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 213 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cattleya elongata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cattleya elongata
• eMonocot link: Cattleya elongata
• Tropicos link: Cattleya elongata
• International Plant Names Index link: Cattleya elongata
• The Plant List link: Cattleya elongata