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Cattleya elongata (Cattleya elongata)

Description

Cattleya elongata, the Cattleya with the Elongated Stalk, is an orchid species in the genus Cattleya endemic to the campo rupestre vegetation in northeastern Brazil. Its ploidy is 2n= 80. C. elongata forms two natural hybrids : - Cattleya × tenuata (= C. elongata × C. tenuis) (Brazil) . - Cattleya × undulata ( = C. elongata × C. schilleriana) (Brazil).

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Cattleya