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Cattleya

The genus Cattleya is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cattleya

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Cattleya aclandiae Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya acuensis (Fowlie) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya alagoensis (V.P.Castro & Chiron) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya alvaroana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya amethystoglossa Linden & Rchb.f. ex R.Warner Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya angereri (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya araguaiensis Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya bicalhoi Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya bicolor Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya blumenscheinii (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya boissieri R.Hogg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya bradei (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × brasiliensis Klinge Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya brevipedunculata (Cogn.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × brymeriana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × calimaniana Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × calimaniorum Chiron & V.P.Castro Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya caulescens (Lindl.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya cinnabarina (Bateman ex Lindl.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya coccinea Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × colnagiana L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya colnagoi (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya conceicionensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya crispa Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya crispata (Thunb.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × dayana Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya dichroma Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × dolosa Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya dormaniana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya dowiana Bateman & Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × dukeana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × duveenii Pabst & A.F.Mello Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × elegans C.Morren Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya elegantissima Linden Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya elongata Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya endsfeldzii (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya esalqueana (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya fidelensis (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya flavasulina (F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya forbesii Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya fournieri (Cogn.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × frankeana Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × gaezeriana Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya gaskelliana (N.E.Br.) B.S.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya ghillanyi (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya gloedeniana (Hoehne) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya gracilis (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya grandis (Lindl.) A.A.Chadwick Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × gransabanensis Senghas Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya granulosa Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya guttata Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × hardyana A.J.Hardy ex B.S.Williams Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya harpophylla (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya harrisoniana Bateman ex Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya herbacea Rojas Acosta Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya hispidula (Pabst & A.F.Mello) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya hoehnei Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × hummeliana L.C.Menezes & V.P.Castro Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × hybrida H.J.Veitch Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × imperator Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya intermedia Graham ex Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × intricata Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya iricolor Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × isabella Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya itambana (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya jenmanii Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × joaquiniana F.E.L.Miranda Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya jongheana (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya kautskyana (V.P.Castro & Chiron) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × kautskyi Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya kerrii Brieger & Bicalho Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya kettieana (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × labendziana L.C.Menezes & Braem Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya labiata Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya lawrenceana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya liliputana (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya lobata Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya loddigesii Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya longipes (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × lucieniana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya lueddemanniana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya luetzelburgii Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya lundii (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya luteola Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya mantiqueirae (Fowlie) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya marcaliana (Campacci & Chiron) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya maxima Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × measuresii Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya mendelii Dombrain Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × mesquitae L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya milleri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya mirandae (K.G.Lacerda & V.P.Castro) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × mixta L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × moduloi L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya mooreana Withner, Allison & Guenard Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya mossiae C.Parker ex Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya munchowiana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya neokautskyi Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya nobilior Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya pabstii (F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × patrocinii St.-Lég. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya pendula (R.C.Mota, P.L.Viana & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya percivaliana (Rchb.f.) O'Brien Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya perrinii Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya pfisteri (Pabst & Senghas) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × picturata Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × pittiana O'Brien ex Cogn. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya porphyroglossa Linden & Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya praestans (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya presidentensis (Campacci) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya pumila Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya pygmaea (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya quadricolor Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya reginae (Pabst) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × resplendens Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya rex O'Brien Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya sanguiloba (Withner) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya schilleriana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya schofieldiana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya schroederae Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × schunkiana Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya sincorana (Schltr.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya storeyi H.G.Jones Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya tenebrosa (Rolfe) A.A.Chadwick Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × tenuata V.P.Castro & Campacci ex Braem Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya tenuis Campacci & Vedovello Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya teretecaulis (Hoehne) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya tigrina A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya trianae Linden & Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya vandenbergii Fraga & Borges Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × varelae V.P.Castro & Cath. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya velutina Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × venosa Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya verboonenii (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × victoria-regina auct. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya virens (Lindl.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya walkeriana Gardner Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya wallisii (Linden) Linden ex Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya warneri T.Moore ex R.Warner Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × wetmorei (Ruschi) Fraga & A.P.Fontana Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × whitei Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × wilsoniana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya wittigiana (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya xanthina (Lindl.) Van den Berg Accepted H WCSP
Cattleya × zayrae V.P.Castro & Cath. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 411 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cattleya. Of these 151 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 236 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cattleya. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 411 species names for the genus Cattleya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 151 36.7%
Synonym 181 44.0%
Unplaced 68 16.5%
Unassessed 11 2.7%

All names

The status of the 647 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cattleya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 155 24.0%
Synonym 413 63.8%
Unplaced 68 10.5%
Unassessed 11 1.7%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 411 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cattleya, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 151 164 0 0 315 76.6%
Medium confidence 0 6 0 0 6 1.5%
Low confidence 0 11 68 11 90 21.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cattleya, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 6 0 11 0 17 4.1%
WCSP 151 175 68 0 0 394 95.9%