Cattleya praestans

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya praestans']

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

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 praestans (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg (2008)

Synonyms

Basionym Laelia praestans Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 25: 336 (1857) Homotypic synonyms Bletia praestans (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 425 (1862) Laelia pumila var. praestans (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 79 (1887) Laelia pumila subsp. praestans (Rchb.f.) Bicalho, Bradea 2: 108 (1976) Sophronitis praestans (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase{, Lindleyana 15: 118 (2000) Hadrolaelia praestans (Rchb.f.) Chiron & V.P.Castro, Richardiana 2: 20 (2002) Heterotypic synonyms Laelia praestans var. candida L.Linden, Lindenia 14: 5 (1898) Hadrolaelia spectabilis f. alba F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat., Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 103 (2004)

Flowers

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  Cattleya praestans
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  Cattleya praestans

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Cattleya praestans
  (as syn.
  Laelia praestans)
  aquarell in:
  Collection d'orchidées,
  (1850-1870)
• 
  Cattleya praestans
  (as syn.
  Laelia praestans)
  plate 5498 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 91,
  (1865)
• 
  Cattleya praestans
  (as syn.
  Laelia praestans)
  plate 128 in:
  James Bateman:
  A Second Century of
  Orchidaceous Plants
  London (1867)
• 
  Cattleya praestans
  (as syn.
  Laelia praestans)
  plate 114 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 2
  (1874)
• 
  Cattleya praestans
  (as syn.
  Laelia praestans)
  Plate 433 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
• 
  Cattleya praestans
  (as syn.
  Laelia praestans)
  plate 6 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia I
  second series
  (1892)

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: 10.

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 praestans.

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