Cattleya bicolor

Cattleya bicolor is a species of orchid found in Brazil.

Bicolored cattleya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cattleya
Subgenus: Cattleya subg. Intermediae
Species:
C. bicolor
Binomial name
Cattleya bicolor
Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Cattleya bicolor var. splendida Rchb.f.
  • Cattleya bicolor var. wrigleyana Rchb.f.
  • Cattleya bicolor var. mearuresiana B.S. Williams
  • Cattleya bicolor var. olocheilos Klinge
  • Cattleya measuresiana (L.O.Williams) Blumensch.

Chromosome numbers of several C. bicolor individuals have been determined, finding chromosome numbers of both 2n = 40 and 4n = 80 (tetraploid).[1]

References
  • IPNI [2]— is a database of the names and associated bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and fern allies. A collaborative project between Kew, Harvard and CSIRO (includes Index Kewensis compiled since 1883).
  • EOL,[3] Encyclopedia of Life.
  • Catalogue of Life 2010 Annual Checklist.[4]

Media related to Cattleya bicolor at Wikimedia Commons

Footnotes
  1. page 250. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo 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
  2. Edwards's Botanical Register; or, Flower Garden and Shrubbery. London.
  3. "Search: cattleya bicolor - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. "Catalogue of Life - 2010 Annual Checklist :: Search all names". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.


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