Cattleya harrisoniana

Cattleya harrisoniana ("Harrison's Cattley's orchid") is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. harrisoniana has been determined as 2n = 40. The haploid chromosome number of C. harrisoniana has been determined as n = 20.[1]

Cattleya harrisoniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cattleya
Subgenus: Cattleya subg. Intermediae
Species:
C. harrisoniana
Binomial name
Cattleya harrisoniana
Bateman ex Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Cattleya harrisoniae Paxton
  • Cattleya concolor Drapiez
  • Cattleya harrisonii P.N.Don
  • Cattleya papeiansiana C.Morren
  • Cattleya harrisoniana var. alba Beer
  • Cattleya loddigesii var. harrisoniae (Paxton) A.H.Kent
  • Cattleya brownii Rolfe

References
  1. page 251 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract

A comparison between C. harrisoniana and C. loddigesii


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