Cattleya dowiana

Cattleya dowiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cattleya
Subgenus: Cattleya subg. Cattleya
Section: Cattleya sect. Cattleya
Species:
C. dowiana
Binomial name
Cattleya dowiana
Bateman & Rchb.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cattleya aurea Linden
  • Cattleya chrysotaxa (Sander) God.-Leb.
  • Cattleya labiata var. dowiana (Bateman & Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent

Cattleya dowiana is a species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. dowiana has been determined as 2n = 40; the haploid chromosome number has been determined as n = 20.[2]

  1. ^ "The Plant List".
  2. ^ Felix, Leonardo P.; Guerra, Marcelo (2010). "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (2): 234–278. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x. ISSN 0024-4074.