Cattleya intermedia

Cattleya intermedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Laeliinae
Genus:	Cattleya
Subgenus:	C. subg. Intermedia
Species:	C. intermedia
Binomial name
	Cattleya intermedia; Graham ex Hook.
Synonyms
	Cattleya maritima Lindl.; Cattleya ovata Lindl.; Cattleya amethystina C.Morren; Cattleya loddigesii var. amethystina C. Morren ex Lem.; Cattleya lindleyana Rchb.f.; Cattleya amabilis Lindl. ex Buyss.; Cattleya gibeziae Linden & Rodigas; Cattleya aquinii Barb.Rodr.; Cattleya intermedia var. punctatissima Sander; Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina (C.Morren ex Lem.) Fowlie;

Cattleya intermedia ("the intermediate cattleya") is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. intermedia has been determined as 2n = 40.^[1]

References and external links

^ 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

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[1] 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

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