Cattleya forbesii

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya forbesii']

• English: Forbes' Cattleya

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 forbesii Lindl. (1826)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Epidendrum forbesii (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 316 (1861) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum pauper Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 13 (1831) Maelenia paradoxa Dumort., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique 9: 13 (1834) Cattleya vestalis Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid., ed. 2: 831 (1843) Cattleya fulva Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 210 (1854) Cattleya isopetala Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 211 (1854) Cattleya forbesii var. viridiflora Horta, Rodriguésia 1(3): 19 (1936) Cattleya pauper (Vell.) Stellfeld, Arq. Mus. Paranaense 7: 345 (1949) Cattleya forbesii f. aurea A.Seidel ex Roeth, Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 608 (2006) Cattleya forbesii f. beatriciana A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro, Richardiana 13: 167 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. coerulea A.S.Medeiros & Zager, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 11 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. delicata A.S.Medeiros & Zager, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 11 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. flammea A.S.Medeiros & Zager, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 10 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. maculata A.S.Medeiros & Zager, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 10 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. marginata A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols., Richardiana 13: 167 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. oculata A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols., Richardiana 13: 167 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. parda A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 10 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. rosea A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 10 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. rubra A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 10 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. trilabellata A.S.Medeiros & Zager, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 10 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. venosa A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro, Cattleya forbesii Santa Catarina: 10 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. viridipetala A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols., Richardiana 13: 170 (2013) Cattleya forbesii f. aquinii A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro, Orquidário 28: 56 (2014) Cattleya forbesii f. andreana A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro, Richardiana 16: 67 (2015) Cattleya forbesii f. eburnea A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro, Richardiana 16: 69 (2015)

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Cattleya forbesii f. aurea A. Seidel ex Roeth (2006) - syn. of: Cattleya forbesii

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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 953 in:
  The Botanical Register
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  plate 3265 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 60,
  (1833)

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

References

Description of taxon

• Lindley, J. (1826) Collectanea Botanica sub t. 37.

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 forbesii.

• eMonocot link: Cattleya forbesii
• Tropicos link: Cattleya forbesii
• International Plant Names Index link: Cattleya forbesii