Cattleya cernua

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya cernua']

• 日本語: カトレア・ケルヌア

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 cernua (Lindl.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 5: 13 (2010)

Synonyms

Basionym Sophronia cernua Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1129 (1828) Homotypic synonyms Sophronitis cernua (Lindl.) Lindl., Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3677 (1838) Heterotypic synonyms Sophronia modesta Lindl., Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1147 (1828) Epidendrum humile Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 24 (1831) Sophronitis hoffmannseggii Rchb. ex Hoffmanns., Linnaea 16(Litt.): 286 (1842) Sophronitis isopetala Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid. 1: 834 (1842) Sophronitis nutans Hoffmanns., Linnaea 16(Litt.): 286 (1842) Sophronitis pterocarpa Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 11 (1853) Cattleya pterocarpa Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 209 (1854) Sophronia pterocarpa (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 681 (1891) Sophronitis cernua var. albiflora Cogn., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 43: 325 (1907) Sophronitis cernua var. endsfeldzii Pabst, Revista Brasil. Orquideas 2 (7): ? (1971) Sophronitis cernua var. alagoensis Gomes Ferreira, Orquidário 12: 15 (1998)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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  Labellum
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Buds

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Botanical illustrations

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  Cattleya cernua
  (as syn.
  Sophronia cernua)
  plate 1129 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 13,
  (1827)
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  Cattleya cernua
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis cernua)
  plate 3677 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 65,
  (1839)
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  Cattleya cernua
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis cernua)
  plate 3 in:
  A.Cogniaux & A.Goossens:
  Dictionnaire iconographique
  des orchidées,
  (1896-1907)
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  Cattleya cernua
  plate 59, fig. IV 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 Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

References

Description of taxon

• Beer, J.G. (1854) Praktisch Studien an der Familie der Orchideen 209.

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 cernua.

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