Cattleya wittigiana

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya wittigiana']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Cattleya wittigiana'

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 wittigiana (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg (2008)

Synonyms

Basionym Sophronitis wittigiana Barb.Rodr., Rev. Hort. 50: 24 (1878) Homotypic synonyms Hadrolaelia wittigiana (Barb.Rodr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro, Richardiana 2: 21 (2002) Heterotypic synonyms Sophronitis purpurea Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 462 (1878) Sophronitis rosea Gostling, Gard. Chron., n.s., 21: 243 (1884) Sophronitis grandiflora var. purpurea (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 106 (1887) Sophronitis wittigiana var. longifolia Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 318 (1901) Hadrolaelia wittigiana f. candida (Roeth & O.Gruss) Roeth & O.Gruss, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 56: 204 (2005) Sophronitis wittigiana f. candida Roeth & O.Gruss, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 56: 54 (2005) Cattleya wittigiana f. candida (Roeth & O.Gruss) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3: 12 (2008)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Cattleya wittigiana
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis wittigiana)
  plate 70, fig. I 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 Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast.

References

Description of taxon

• Van den Berg, C. (2008) Neodiversity: A Journal of Neotropical Biodiversity 3: 12.

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 wittigiana.

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