Cattleya coccinea

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya coccinea']

• English: Scarlet Cattleya
• 日本語: カトレア・コクシネア
• മലയാളം: കാറ്റില്യ കോക്കൈനി
• 中文: 贞兰, 索芙萝兰

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 coccinea Lindl. (1836)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Sophronitis grandiflora Lindl., Sert. Orchid.: t. 5, f. 2 (1838) Cattleya grandiflora (Lindl.) Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 209 (1854) Sophronitis coccinea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 465 (1862) Sophronia coccinea (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 681 (1891) Hadrolaelia coccinea (Lindl.) Chiron & V.P.Castro, Richardiana 2: 17 (2002) Heterotypic synonyms Sophronitis militaris Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 465 (1862) Sophronitis rossiteriana Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 77 (1877) Sophronia militaris (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 681 (1891) Sophronitis coccinea f. rossiteriana (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst & Dungs, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 23: 20 (1972) Cattleya coccinea var. rossiteriana (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3: 6 (2008)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Buds

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Botanical illustrations

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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis grandiflora')
  plate 5; fig. II in:
  John Lindley:
  Sertum Orchidaceum,
  (1838)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis grandiflora)
  plate 3709 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 65,
  (1839)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis coccinea)
  page 7 in:
  Louis van Houtte:
  Flore des serres et
  des jardins de l’Europe
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 17,
  (1867 - 1868)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis grandiflora)
  plate 41 in:
  Émile de Puydt:
  Les orchidées
  (1880)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis grandiflora)
  Plate 504 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis coccinea)
  plate 1 in:
  A.Cogniaux & A.Goossens:
  Dictionnaire iconographique
  des orchidées,
  (1896-1907)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis rossiteriana)
  plate 2 in:
  A.Cogniaux & A.Goossens:
  Dictionnaire iconographique
  des orchidées,
  (1896-1907)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis coccinea)
  plate 59, fig. III in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis rossiteriana)
  plate 71, fig. I in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)

  (Detail)

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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis rossiteriana)
  plate 71, fig. I in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)
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  Cattleya coccinea
  (as syn.
  Sophronitis militaris)
  plate 293 fig. I, 1-4 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 3
  (1900)

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. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast.

References

Description of taxon

• Lindley, J. (1836) Edwards's Botanical Register 22: sub t. 1919.

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 coccinea.

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