Cattleya tigrina

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya tigrina']

• مصرى: كاتليا تيجرينا
• 中文: 虎纹卡特兰

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 tigrina A. Rich. (1848)

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum elegans Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 12 (1831) Cattleya leopoldii Verschaff. ex Lem., Ill. Hort. 1(Misc.): 68 (1854) Cattleya guttata var. leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Linden & Rchb.f., Pescatorea 1: t. 43 (1860) Epidendrum elatius var. leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 33 (1862) Cattleya guttata var. williamsiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 22(2): 70 (1884) Cattleya guttata var. leopardina L.Linden & Rodigas, Lindenia 1: t. 19 (1885) Cattleya guttata subvar. immaculata Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 26: 326 (1886) Cattleya guttata var. purpurea Cogn. in C.A.Cogniaux & A.P.G.Goossens, Dict. Icon. Orchid., Cattleya: t. 15 A (1900) Cattleya leopoldii var. purpurea Cogn. in C.A.Cogniaux & A.P.G.Goossens, Dict. Icon. Orchid., Cattleya: t. 15A (1900) Cattleya leopoldii var. alba Fowlie, Orchid Digest 28: 68 (1964) Cattleya leopoldii var. leopardina (L.Linden & Rodigas) Fowlie, Orchid Digest 28: 69 (1964) Cattleya leopoldii var. williamsiana (Rchb.f.) Fowlie, Orchid Digest 28: 70 (1964) Cattleya leopoldii var. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Fowlie, Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas: 100 (1977) Cattleya tigrina var. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 78 (1984) Cattleya tigrina var. leopardina (L.Linden & Rodigas) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 78 (1984) Cattleya tigrina var. purpurea (Cogn.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 79 (1984) Cattleya tigrina var. williamsiana (Rchb.f.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 79 (1984) Cattleya tigrina var. caerulea L.C.Menezes, Schlechteriana 4: 153 (1993) Cattleya leopoldii f. alba (Fowlie) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat., Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 102 (2004) Cattleya leopoldii f. caerulea (L.C.Menezes) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat., Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 102 (2004) Cattleya leopoldii f. immaculata (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 63 (2007)

Images of the whole plant

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Botanical illustrations

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  Cattleya tigrina
  (as syn.
  Cattleya guttata
  var. leopoldii)
  aquarell in:
  Collection d'orchidées,
  (1850-1870)
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  Cattleya tigrina
  (as syn.
  Cattleya leopoldii)
  plate 59 in:
  Charles Antoine Lemaire:
  L'Illustration horticole
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 2,
  (1855)
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  Cattleya tigrina
  (as syn.
  Cattleya guttata
  var. leopoldii)
  plate 43 in:
  Jean Jules Linden:
  Pescatorea
  Bruxelles (1860)
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  Cattleya tigrina
  (as syn.
  Cattleya guttata
  var. leopoldii)
  page 209 in:
  Louis van Houtte:
  Flore des serres et
  des jardins de l’Europe
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 14,
  (1861)
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  Cattleya tigrina
  (as syn.
  Cattleya guttata var. leopoldii)
  plate 9 in:
  Émile de Puydt:
  Les orchidées
  (1880)
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  Plate 16 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya tigrina
  (as syn.
  Cattleya guttata
  var. williamsiana)
  Plate 212 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya tigrina
  (as syn.
  Cattleya guttata
  var. leopoldii)
  plate 77 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia II,
  (1890)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.

References

Description of taxon

• Richard, A. (1748) Portefeuille des horticulteurs; journal pratique des jardins. Paris 2: 166.

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 tigrina.

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