Cattleya × elegans C.Morren
Cattleya × elegans merupakan tumbuhan dari famili Orchidaceae (suku anggrek-anggrekan). Spesies ini memiliki kebiasaan tumbuh menempel pada batang pohon lain (epifit) dan membentuk umbi semu (pseudobulbous). Tumbuhan ini berasal dari bioma beriklim tropis kering di wilayah Brazil tenggara dan selatan. Nama ilmiah Cattleya × elegans pertama kali dipublikasikan oleh botanis Charles François Antoine Morren pada tahun 1848.
Klasifikasi
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivisi: Spermatophyta
Divisi: Magnoliophyta
Kelas: Liliopsida
Subkelas: Liliidae
Ordo: Orchidales
Famili: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cattleya
Spesies: Cattleya × elegans C.Morren
Sinonim
Bletia × elegans (C.Morren) Rchb.f.
Bletia × elegans var. houtteana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
× Brasicattleya elegans (C.Morren) Campacci
Cattleya × devonia Anon.
Cattleya × devoniensis Veitch
Cattleya × devoniensis var. alba Veitch
Cattleya × elegans var. morreniana (Rchb.f.) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. picta (Rchb.f.) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. prasiata (B.S.Williams) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. schilleriana (A.H.Kent) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. tautziana (Rchb.f.) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. turneri (R.Warner) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. warneri (B.S.Williams) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. wolstenholmiae (Rchb.f.) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. alba (Barb.Rodr.) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. andersonii (W.Bull) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. blenheimensis (B.S.Williams) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. dayi (B.S.Williams) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. gigantea (R.Warner) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. houtteana (Rchb.f.) K.A.Roberts
Cattleya × elegans var. incantans (Rchb.f.) K.A.Roberts
× Hadrocattleya elegans (C.Morren) V.P.Castro & Chiron
× Hadrocattleya elegans f. leucotata (L.Linden) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat.
Laelia × brysiana Lem.
Laelia × devoniensis (Veitch) Rchb.f.
Laelia × elegans (C.Morren) Rchb.f.
Laelia × elegans var. alba Barb.Rodr.
Laelia × elegans var. andersonii W.Bull
Laelia × elegans var. blenheimensis B.S.Williams
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Referensi
POWO (2024). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://powo.science.kew.org/."
IPNI (2024). "International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries, and Australian National Herbarium"
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