Cattleya dowiana

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya']

• English: Dow's Cattleya
• مصرى: كاتليا
• русский: Каттлея Доу
• 中文: 秀丽卡特兰

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 dowiana Bateman & Rchb.f. (1866)

Synonyms
Homotypic synonyms Cattleya labiata var. dowiana (Bateman & Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent, Man. Orchid. Pl. (H.J.Veitch) 2: 16. (1887)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Cattleya dowiana
  page 185 in:
  Louis van Houtte:
  Flore des serres et
  des jardins de l’Europe
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 16,
  (1865 - 1867)
• 
  Cattleya dowiana
  plate 5618 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 93,
  (1867)
• 
  Cattleya dowiana
  plate 191 in:
  James Bateman:
  A Second Century of
  Orchidaceous Plants
  London (1867)
• 
  Cattleya dowiana
  plate 7 in:
  Émile de Puydt:
  Les orchidées
  (1880)

Varietas

• 

  Cattleya dowiana var. aurea

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Panama. Northern South America Venezuela (doubtful) Western South America Colombia.

References

Description of taxon

• Bateman, J. & Reichenbach, H.G. 1866. Gard. Chron. 1866: 922.

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 dowiana.

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