Biology:Cattleya coccinea

Short description: Species of orchid

Cattleya coccinea
Flower of Cattleya coccinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Cattleya
Subgenus:	Cattleya subg. Cattleya
Section:	Cattleya sect. Crispae
Species:	C. coccinea
Binomial name
Cattleya coccinea Lindl.
Synonyms
Cattleya coccinea *Sophronitis grandiflora Lindl. Cattleya grandiflora (Lindl.) Beer Sophronitis militaris Rchb.f. Sophronitis rossiteriana Barb.Rodr. Sophronia coccinea (Lindl.) Kuntze Sophronia militaris (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Sophronitis coccinea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Sophronitis coccinea f. rossiteriana (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst & Dungs Hadrolaelia coccinea (Lindl.) Chiron & V.P.Castro Cattleya coccinea var. rossiteriana (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg

Cattleya coccinea, also known as Sophronitis coccinea or Sophronitis grandiflora, is a species of orchid occurring in Atlantic Forest habitats, from southeastern Brazil to Argentina (Misiones).

See also

• List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5054128 entry